Worker found dead in machine he was working with at Tema factory

The lifeless body of a  worker has been found in a machine he was working with at a factory at Tema Community 20 in the Greater Accra Region.

The worker who has been identified as Emmanuel Azanmessou was found with his body mutilated.

According to reports, he is believed to have been stuck in the machine since last Thursday

Per an article by Daily Graphic, a manager of the company, who pleaded anonymity, said a metal from the running machine must have struck Azanmessou’s head.

The body of the 23-year-old worker has since been deposited at the Police Hospital in Accra.

The Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, confirmed the incident said officials of the company reported to the police that Azanmessou was found in the gum making machine about 10:10 a.m. last Thursday.

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She noted that police investigators went to the scene and found the body in the mixing machine.

According to their Preliminary investigations, she said, the deceased might have failed to switch off the machine during some routine operations around it as required by the safety procedures of the company.

As a result, the right arm of Azanmessou got stuck in the gum, and in the process of disentangling himself, his right arm got severed.

When Azanmessou was found, his head and left arm had also been damaged severely.

The police removed the body from the machine and conveyed it to the Police Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.