Last year, an iron pipe etc. fell from the construction site of an apartment in Minato-ku, Tokyo, and a couple walking on the sidewalk was injured, and the Metropolitan Police Department said that safety management was insufficient and two people including the person in charge of the site 18 It is our policy to send documents on the suspicion of accidental injury on business day.
Last April, at the construction site of an apartment in Azabujuban, Minato-ku, Tokyo, construction materials such as iron pipes fell and injured a couple in their 60s walking on the sidewalk.
The site is a corner of a busy shopping district, and the Metropolitan Police Department was conducting an investigation by listening to the person in charge of construction about the situation at that time.
As a result, when using a crane to carry iron pipes, etc., measures were not taken sufficiently to prevent them from falling, and security guards were not properly placed on the sidewalk to ensure the safety of passers-by. I understand.
The Metropolitan Police Department plans to send documents to the person in charge in his 50s who was in charge of the site and the worker in his 40s who was operating the crane on the 18th on suspicion of accidental injury.
Fall accidents one after another nationwide
Accidents in which iron pipes fall at construction sites and hit passers-by are occurring one after another nationwide.
A 26-year-old man who was walking nearby died when an iron pipe weighing 5 kg fell while dismantling a scaffold in a building in Wakayama City.
In 2016, at the construction site of a condominium in Roppongi, Tokyo, an iron pipe fell while dismantling the scaffolding, and a 77-year-old man died.
The national government requires that nets be installed to prevent objects from falling, and that off-limits areas be set up to prevent people from entering places where there is a risk of objects falling.