Tema Worker ‘Grinded’ In Cement Mixer

A worker of Devtraco Limited, a
Ghana-based real estate company at Community 25 in Tema, Greater Accra
Region, met his untimely death when he was grinded to death last
Thursday by a concrete mixer.

The deceased, who was identified as
Effam Graham, was said to be cleaning the palm mixer at the block
factory department of the real estate company when the machine suddenly
began to work, crushing him in the drum.

The rollers in the mixer, which revolves to mix the cement combination, reportedly squeezed him until he passed on.

Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP) Paul Mensah Bampoe, Prampram District
Police Commander, confirmed the incident to ‘Daily Guide’, saying that
his Command had launched an investigation into the matter.

He
expressed surprise about the mysterious circumstance under which the
machine began to work since according to him, the concrete mixer could
only work when the switch, which is distant away from the machine, was
turned on.

The District Police Commander believed the deceased
was unlawfully killed since the machine was put off before the cleaning
was begun, assuring that police would do all that they could to
investigate the suspected murder.

Workers of the company were
traumatized after the incident as information gathered was that a
psychologist was called to the scene to psyche the workers up.

According
to information reaching Daily Guide, a worker of the company at about
9:55 am that Thursday spotted the deceased in the mixer and raised an
alarm which attracted other workers and management of the construction
company to the scene.

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) at
Dawhenya in the Ningo-Prampram District of Accra, was immediately called
to the scene to take the man out of the drum.

Graham’s corpse has since been deposited at the Tema General Hospital morgue pending autopsy and onward burial.

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