Molten iron kills four Ogun workers in Indian steel company

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There was a protest on the premises of an Indian steel company, African Foundries Limited on the Sagamu-Ikorodu Road, Ogun State, after four workers reportedly died after molten iron poured on them.

Colleagues of the victims protested against what they termed an unsafe working environment, poor remuneration and attempted cover-up of the death of the victims by the management of the company.

They said they were asked to go back home until Tuesday when the company would resume operation, noting that the management had promised to take care of the families of their dead colleagues.on condition of anonymity, said the company had never been friendly with its workers.He said many of them had been working with the company for the past 13 years without being staffed.

He said, “I joined this company in 2006. People have been dying before I started working here; they are still dying. It is a common occurence. The one that happened last Thursday in which four persons died was catastrophic. It used to be one or two persons. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the death of the four workers and the protest.

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