Man Dies in Accident at Nuclear Power Plant in Hokkaido
Sapporo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)--A 33-year-old male worker died after falling at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Tuesday, its operator, Hokkaido Electric Power Co., said Wednesday. The accident happened around 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the company. The man, employed by a partner company, was working at a conveyor belt above a storage pit for gravel, wh...
On August 19, a 33-year-old worker tragically died after falling at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido, northern Japan, according to Sapporo's Jiji Press. The accident occurred around 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The man, who was employed by a partner company, was working on a conveyor belt above a storage pit filled with gravel, a material used for cement improvement soil needed for sea wall construction.
He fell from an 8 to 9 meter opening into the storage pit. Despite being rescued unconscious, he was confirmed dead about three hours later at the hospital. Susumu Saito, president of Hokkaido Electric Power Co., expressed deep regret over the incident, stating that the company would halt all construction until safety is confirmed and take necessary measures to prevent such accidents from happening again.
The company was in the process of building a seawall and other components as part of preparations to restart the nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor next year.
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