JR's scaffold collapses at the construction site of Kashiwara City Hall in Osaka

On the morning of the 8th, the scaffold collapsed greatly at the construction site of the new government building of Osaka Kashiwara City Hall, and it was covered with the JR Yamato line passing by. Yamato routes expired overhead line, has continued a state in which the prospect of recovery is not stand. The police are investigating the scaffolding as it collapsed due to the strong wind.

At 5:00 am on the 8th, at a construction site of a new government building at Kashiwara City Hall in Osaka, a person living nearby reported to the police that the scaffold had collapsed.

The scaffold standing on the side of the building had a height of 40 meters and a width of 100 meters, and collapsed to cover the JR Yamato line passing by.

According to JR, the overhead line was cut off in this accident, so the
Yamato line was the
▽ Kamo station-Kizu station section and the
▽ Oji-JR Namba station section, and the
Osaka East line
▽ Release station-Kuhoji station in the interval,
we have postponed the operation, the prospect of recovery does not stand.

According to the Kashiwara City Hall, construction started in November of last year and was working on building the skeleton of the building.

At that time, there were no workers or other personnel, so according to the police, there were no injuries.

"I'm very sorry that it has had a major impact on public transportation such as the suspension of public transportation," said Hideki Kirito, director of the General Affairs Department of Kashiwara City. We have received reports that the recovery is likely to take some time. Looking ahead, I want to thoroughly implement safety management."

The police are investigating the scaffolding as it collapsed under the influence of strong winds.