On February 24, the Yokohama Minami Labor Standards Inspection Office (LSIO) determined that the fatal heart attack of a worker, Nobukatsu Osumi, at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in May 2011 was caused by overwork, and recognized his death as a workplace accident eligible for workers’ compensation. This is the first time in which compensation has been recognized for the illness or death of a worker at the nuclear accident site.
On February 24, the Yokohama Minami Labor Standards Inspection Office (LSIO) determined that the fatal heart attack of a worker, Nobukatsu Osumi, at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in May 2011 was caused by overwork, and recognized his death as a workplace accident eligible for workers’ compensation. This is the first time in which compensation has been recognized for the illness or death of a worker at the nuclear accident site.