Yokohama Heavy Machinery Fall Accident Male Death Caused by Workers August 28, 20:41
As for the workers who were used by the U.S. Army in Yokohama city, and now seem to have fallen into an underground tank along with heavy equipment on the land where the park is being constructed, as a result of fire fighting and other activities promoting rescue activities, on the evening of the 28th, A man, believed to be a worker, was found dead in the cockpit of a heavy machine in the tank.
Whereabouts of a male worker in his 60s working on the construction of a park on the site of the "Koshiba oil storage facility" used by the US military as a fuel storage base in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama on 25th of this month I don't understand.
It seems that 20 tons of heavy machinery had fallen into an underground tank with a diameter of about 45 meters and a depth of about 30 meters that was used to store fuel, and rescue operations started from the morning of the 28th after pumping the water accumulated in the tank It was.
According to police and firefighting, a part of the heavy equipment was found in the morning of the 28th, and after that, the water was drained further and the surrounding mud where the heavy equipment was buried was manually removed by rescue workers. It is said that a man, who seems to be a worker, was found dead in the cockpit of a heavy machine around half an hour.
The police are rushing to confirm the identity of the man and to investigate the detailed situation because he accidentally fell while working with heavy equipment.