TOKYO, Jun 15 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), said that, a worker from a subsidiary was found collapsed, at a rest area at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and later confirmed dead.
The male worker, an employee of TEPCO subsidiary, Tokyo Power Technology Ltd. in his 50s, was found collapsed in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest yesterday, while engaged in decommissioning work at the nuclear facility, TEPCO said.
The man was taken to the hospital, but later confirmed dead, it said.
According to TEPCO, the man had been working in the plant’s “yellow zone,” which requires protective clothing, from about 11.00 a.m. local time the same day, during backfilling work, in an area that had been excavated for a water quality survey, near the plant’s No. 2 reactor.
The man had no physical abnormalities prior to the work, and he was not exposed to radiation, the TEPCO said.
It stated that, it would “refrain from answering questions regarding the cause of death, due to the family’s wishes,” but adding, it is “low possibility” that the death was caused by work.– NNN-NHK
