GEORGE TOWN: A worker was killed after his leg became pinned in a moulding machine at a steel mill in Perai Industrial Area near here on Wednesday.
Seberang Perai Tengah district police chief ACP Nik Ros Azhan Nik Abdul Hamid said the victim, Loo Chin Hong, 56, died while trying to fix the hook of a crane located on top of the machine at about 1pm.
"The incident occurred when the man stepped on the machine while fixing the disjointed hook," he said.
The man sustained serious injuries and lost consciousness.
The victim was taken to the Seberang Jaya Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Nik Ros added. -- Bernama