A 62-year-old man who worked for an electrical equipment construction company in Toyama City died of bleeding stomach ulcer. The death was recognized as a work-related accident because of long working hours and other reasons.
The bereaved family filed a lawsuit in court on June 6 seeking compensation for damages, claiming that the company neglected to manage its work and engaged in excessive work. The man worked about 62 hours of overtime in the most recent month before his death and about 4 hours in the month before he died.