Chinese Steel Company In Lagos Shut Down Over Worker's Death.

Lagos State Government has shut down Hongxing Steel
Company Limited, a Chinese firm based in Amuwo-Odofin
Local Government for safety violations. The state
government issued the stop-work order following the death
of a casual worker, Mr. Emeka Umoh who sustained severe
burns after liquefied iron spilled on him on September 23,
2015, according to a report by Vanguard.

Director General of the Lagos State Safety Commission,
LSSC, Mr. Fouad Oki, in a statement after visiting the
company, said that the company failed to adhere to the
state safety standards, stating that the working conditions
of the company was deplorable.

Oki said: “We have no option than to give the closure
directive because the working condition in the company is
harsh and totally unacceptable. It was unacceptable to
Lagos as a work-place.”

Mr. Uche Eke, the Public Relations Manager of the
company, reacted to the closure by saying that it would
serve as a notice to the management to improve on its work-
place safety measures, stating, “When it is improved, it will
help to avoid future hazards.’’

Mr Umoh was rushed to the Lagos University Teaching
Hospital, LUTH, after the accident but he later died there.

Vanguard

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