After the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare acknowledged that two men who were working on the restoration work at the nuclear power plant developed leukemia and other diseases, and recognized a causal relationship with their work.
Workers' accidents were recognized for men in their 60s and 70s who worked for a subcontractor of Tokyo Electric Power Company and were working on the restoration work on the premises after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in March 2011.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, a man in his 60s was in charge of electrical work, and in 2017 was diagnosed with polycythemia vera, a blood cancer that causes an increase in the number of red blood cells.
In addition, a man in his 70s was engaged in construction of a new tank and was diagnosed with leukemia last year.
The exposure dose at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the accident was approximately 60 millisieverts for a man in his 60s and approximately 31 millisieverts for a man in his 70s. , the total exposure dose exceeded the standard for certification, so the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare recognized it as an occupational accident, citing a causal relationship with work.
Since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, eight workers have developed leukemia, thyroid cancer, etc., and have been recognized as workers' accidents, bringing the total to 10.