In an accident where a passerby man fell into a hole about 1 meter deep and died at a construction site in Taito Ward, Tokyo, the Metropolitan Police Department said that safety measures were inadequate and the person in charge of the site was fatally killed I sent the documents on suspicion.
In July, a 52-year-old man who passed by near the site of construction under the elevated JR Asakusabashi Station in Taito-ku, Tokyo, fell into a hole about 1 meter deep and died.
There were no workers at night and other times, and a fence for construction was installed around the hole, but when a man leaned against it, the fence fell down, so the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the detailed situation. It was.
As a result, it was found that safety measures were inadequate, such as the use of weak plastic fences despite the fact that it was a place with many passers-by.
The Metropolitan Police Department sent documents to the 39-year-old site manager of the company in charge of the construction on suspicion of accidental fatalities in business.
The site manager admitted the suspicion to the questioning and said, "I deeply regret."