Kojo Olu Papa Kuwornu, 32, died on arrival at the Aflao Central Hospital on Friday after crashing from a height of 35 metres following the collapse of a platform he and a colleague were standing on while working on a silo at the Diamond Cement Limited (DCL) at Aflao.
Raymond Akakpo, 33, who was on the platform with Kuwornu, however, escaped death when his safety belt hook remained firm on an iron bar. He was suspended in the air until he was rescued with a crane.
A source close to the company said Akakpo and Kuwornu; experts in constructing industrial infrastructure were erecting the platforms around the silo to serve as a support to enable them to lay beams to roof the silo.
The source said though the deceased was also wearing a safety belt, his hook gave way and he crashed on the concrete floor of the silo.
Akakpo, who was traumatised and is on admission at the Aflao Central Hospital from chest pains, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), on Saturday, that the platform collapsed under them when they tried to lift a board from a crane.
He said they both wore safety belts hooked to pillars but said he could not explain how Kuwornu got detached and fell.
Mr Chitti Babu, Managing Director of the DCL showed the safety devices the company has to police investigators and the press and stressed that it is the policy of the company to insist on their use.
The body has been deposited at the Hospital Morgue for further investigations.
Meanwhile, Ahorlusi Doe, 5, was burnt to death on Friday at Aflao, in a mud house she was sleeping in. Her mother managed to escape unhurt with her baby.
Zodanu Kede grandfather of the deceased told GNA that the family was asleep when the house was engulfed in fire. Their shouts for help attracted neighbours who pushed down the walls of the house to evacuate people and personal effects, while firemen from the National Fire Service at Denu were alerted about the blaze. The fire tender, when it arrived could however, not get access to the house. Doe’s charred body was found after the fire died down.
Source: GhanaWeb
