Tokyo Big Sight worker deaths are due to heart failure.
This month, a male worker died at the construction site of the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition facility, which has been refurbished as a base for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and confirmation has been made on the assumption that there is a suspicion of heat stroke However, the convention organizing committee that ordered the construction revealed that the cause of death for men was heart failure on the 13th.
However, we do not know the causal relationship with heat stroke, and we are requesting safety management including measures against heat stroke from contractors who have received orders.
At the construction site of the exhibition facility “Tokyo Big Sight”, which has been renovated as a base for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, it was found that a 50-year-old male worker collapsed unconsciously on the 8th of this month. Died at the hospital where he was transported
The Metropolitan Police Department was confirming that there was a suspicion of heat stroke due to the situation at the site, etc., but on the 13th, the tournament organizing committee that ordered the construction examined in detail at the Tokyo Metropolitan Audit and Medical Clinic. Could not be determined and revealed that the cause of death for men was heart failure.
However, he said, “I don't know the causal relationship with heat stroke,” and the Organizing Committee said, “I pray for the souls of those who have died.” We are asking for thorough safety management including measures against heat stroke, such as confirmation and water and salt supplementation.