This month, a part of the stairs collapsed in an apartment in Hachioji, Tokyo, and a woman in her 50s fell and became unconscious. Interviews with the people concerned revealed that the part was corroded.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating on suspicion of negligent injury in business, considering that it has collapsed from the corroded part.
On the 17th of this month, at an apartment in Minamishincho, Hachioji City, a woman in her 50s was climbing the stairs leading to the second floor, and a part of her suddenly collapsed and fell down about 2 meters. It has become.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, what collapsed is the three-step staircase that connects the landing and the corridor on the second floor.
The stairs are made of iron, but wood was used for the connection with the corridors, and it was found by interviews with the people concerned that a part of the stairs was corroded.
The apartment is a three-story wooden building, which was built eight years ago in 2013, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating it on suspicion of accidental injury on the job, assuming that it has collapsed from the corroded part of the wood.