Workers died at the Olympics construction.

On the 8th, a 50-year-old male worker was found dead at the construction site of the exhibition facility “Tokyo Big Sight”, which has been renovated as a base for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Did. The Metropolitan Police Department is confirming that there is a suspicion of heat stroke from the situation at the site.

The exhibition facility “Tokyo Big Sight” in Koto Ward, Tokyo, is being renovated as an IBC / International Broadcasting Center, etc., which will be the base of coverage for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

At this construction site, at around 2:00 pm on the 8th, a 50-year-old male worker was found unconscious and collapsed, and then died in the transport hospital.

A worker at the site reported that the Tokyo Fire Department had a “heat stroke”.

At that time, male workers were working near the east exhibition building at Tokyo Big Sight and laying electrical cables outdoors.

The Metropolitan Police Department is confirming that there is a suspicion of heat stroke from the situation at the site.