Three workers were gruesomely killed and two injured in a freak factory accident at an engineering company west of Johannesburg, officials said on Thursday.
“A very big piece of metal broke loose and flew through the factory. On its way, it cut open three employees’ heads and stomach and the three died on the scene. It’s horrible,” said Metal and Electrical Workers Union of SA sector coordinator Peter Madigoe.
The accident happened around midday on Wednesday at Mainline Engineering in Roodekop near Leratong hospital on Gauteng’s West Rand, he said.
Johannesburg emergency management services spokesperson Nana Radebe confirmed the accident.
“Three people were killed and we took two patients to hospital,” Radebe told Sapa.
Police did not immediately have information on the accident.
– SAPA