Regarding a male employee of a major commercial vehicle manufacturer who died of acute heart failure seven years ago, it was found that the Labor Standards Inspection Office reviewed its judgment at the time that it was not recognized as an industrial accident and recognized it as an industrial accident.
Men's overtime hours did not reach the so-called "death from overwork line", but it was certified in response to subsequent revisions of standards by the government.
A 38-year-old male employee at the Kyoto branch of "Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus" was certified as an industrial accident.
According to a lawyer for the bereaved family, seven years ago when the man was in charge of maintenance of the vehicle, he visited a hospital complaining of poor physical condition and died of acute heart failure two days later.
The bereaved family requested the Kyoto Shimo Labor Standards Inspection Office to accredit industrial accident, but the average overtime hours per month in the two months before his death did not reach the so-called ``death from overwork line'' of 80 hours. However, the bereaved family requested the government to review the judgment in court.
After that, in September last year, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare revised the certification criteria for karoshi for the first time in about 20 years, and even if overtime hours did not reach the "death from overwork line", it will be certified according to the actual situation. reconsidered.
As a result, in addition to overtime hours of 77 hours on average per month, there was overwork that caused significant accumulation of fatigue, such as washing a car with high-temperature steam without air conditioning equipment. is that it has been certified.
According to a lawyer for the bereaved family, it is unusual for the Labor Standards Inspection Office to review certification based on new standards.
Bereaved family lawyer 'very big step forward'
Lawyer Yoshihide Tateno, representing the bereaved family, said, "It's a huge step forward for the government to recognize it as a work-related accident in light of the working environment that had not been taken into consideration until now. Even after the certification standards were revised, the government will continue I didn't try to change my judgment until the bereaved family insisted, so there may be other cases that should be reviewed."
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus "Take it seriously and thoroughly manage labor"
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus said, "We pray for the repose of the soul of the deceased and offer our deepest apologies to the bereaved family. We will take this seriously and thoroughly manage labor." doing.