Tragic: Lady Working At A Biscuits Making Factory Crushed To Death By Machine In Thika

A 25 year old female employee of a biscuit manufacturing company in Thika town was on Wednesday crashed to death by a machine she was operating.

Teresia Nduku Kanini was cleaning the giant machine at a Biscuit manufacturing company when the turbines whisked her and crashed her to death.

Attempts by her colleagues to disengage the machines were futile and they watched helplessly as she was crushed to death by the giant wheels in the incident that happened at around midnight.

Colleagues who sought anonymity for fear of being victimized by the management alleged that the management of Mjengo Limited company usually locks up over 200 night shift workers in the factory to package and load biscuits without any technical person to attend to the machines.

They further alleged that all the main doors are locked from outside making it impossible for the workers to seek external help in case of an emergency.

They said that it took a while for the management to respond to their cry for help when the unfortunate incident happened and by the time the director Raj Malde arrived accompanied by police officers the lady had already died.

Area OCPD Paul Letting confirmed the incident and said that they were liaising with the occupational Health and Safety Officers to verify what caused the unfortunate incident.

The management which mainly comprises Asians and Whitemen at some point threatened to take legal action against the media for using backdoors to access their organization.

It took the intervention of the Company Director Raj Malde who was called from his residence to calm the tempers of the members of the fourth estate. He took the pressmen through the CCTV footage which indicated the movement of the deceased until she met her death.

The footage depicted the young lady getting into a prohibited area to pick some gunny bag when she was whisked by the giant machine which crashed her to death.

The management of the Biscuit manufacturers has agreed to assist in funeral arrangements of the unfortunate worker and will also compensate her family for the untimely loss.

KNA