Last year, an independent verification committee found that there was only one staff member watching the slide after two elementary school students collided with it on a water slide at a leisure facility in Onan Town, Shimane Prefecture, resulting in the death of an 8-year-old boy. submitted a report to the town blaming insufficient risk management for the accident.
Last August, an 8-year-old boy in the third grade of elementary school who was participating in a summer camp sponsored by a local community center at a leisure facility in Onan Town was killed when he was hit by another child who was sliding down from above on a waterslide. .
In response to the accident, the town set up an investigation committee consisting of doctors, lawyers, and others, and on the 26th, a report summarizing the causes of the accident and measures to prevent recurrence was handed to Mayor Ryoji Ishibashi.
The report states that the main causes of the accident were
: ▼ All staff members who led the tour did not conduct a site survey or have a meeting beforehand;
▼ There was no person in charge of staffing, and there was only one staff member to watch over the slider at the time of the accident.
It is said that risk management was insufficient,
citing factors such as the fact that only
In addition, as measures to prevent recurrence in the future
, it is necessary to
first create an accident prevention manual and then formulate a business plan for each event.Based on that, staff need to understand the division of roles and risks.
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Mayor Ishibashi said, ``We will use the report as a reference to ensure that all staff members understand crisis management and other matters, and we will establish a thorough system to ensure safety management at the site.''
Onan Town is working on creating a manual to prevent accidents at events where children participate, and is considering distributing it to schools.