A workshop was held in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture on the 9th to help workers involved in the construction of power distribution equipment experience accidents such as electric shocks that occur during work with VR = virtual reality and help prevent accidents. ..

This workshop aims to make people aware of the dangers during work by experiencing simulated electric shock accidents of workers, which may occur during inspection of equipment used for power distribution to homes and factories, using VR technology. "Hokuriku Electric Power Transmission and Distribution" is carried out every year.

Approximately 20 people, including employees, gathered at the stadium in Komatsu City, where they wore special goggles and gloves and experienced the repair of the electricity meter installed in the house in VR.



When the participant plugged the electric wire into the wrong place, the circuit was short-circuited, and a weak electric current and vibration were transmitted to the gloves, giving a simulated experience of electric shock.



A teenage male employee who participated said, "I just joined the company, but it was a valuable experience to be able to experience a simulated accident that could actually occur. I want to be careful not to cause an accident in the actual work. I think. "



Yukio Tanaka, general manager of the Komatsu power distribution department of Hokuriku Electric Power Co., Inc., said, "I want each and every one of us to reconfirm the danger of accidents that we tend to forget through workshops, which will help prevent accidents."