6 injured as factory complex collapses in Lagos

At least six people, yesterday, narrowly escaped death when a portion of a factory at Ikeja area belonging to Haano Industry Limited collapsed on the workers. Fortunately, there was no casualty but four people were said to have sustained serious injuries and immediately taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
When Vanguard visited the scene of the collapsed factory, located at 144, Oba Akran road, Ikeja, an eyewitness said the building caved in at about 11:15 a.m, when the workers were off loading frozen products from one of the nine containers brought into the country.
Vanguard also gathered that the six workers were casual workers who were being paid based on the number of hours put in in loading and off-loading of the cartons of fish into the cold room.
An eyewitness, Julius Anenei, who said he could not ascertain the exact number of wounded persons, put the number at 10.
He added that the building which was still under construction, was being used as coldroom, adding: “We were surprised to hear a loud bang and we quickly rushed out from our factory, only to discover that it was the new building that had caved in. We quickly called for help.”
According to the safety manager of the company, Mr. Osazu Kingley, “it just happened, the collapse occurred at 10:15 am.
General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, who was at the scene, said three of the workers who sustained serious injuries, were rushed to the Critical Rescue International, CRI, while others were taken to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital LASUTH, for adequate treatment.
Oke-Osanyintolu said: “My team responded promptly to a distress call received, adding “there was no mortality in the unfortunate incident. During our course of investigation, we discovered that there were some lapses in the construction of the building.
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