Numata City Shirasawa Power Plant: 5 Workers Injured in Construction Accident

Breaking news "Gunma Prefecture".
By Isesaki FM's AI.

An accident occurred during construction at the Shirasawa Power Plant in Numata City, leaving five workers with serious and minor injuries.

Around 3:00 PM on the 4th, a 119 call was made from the site reporting a person buried alive, and five men aged between 23 and 65 were transported to the hospital. Three of them suffered serious injuries and two minor injuries.

At the time of the accident, renovation work was underway at the power plant, with seven workers on staff.

According to the Public Works Bureau, it is believed that the workers were caught in a wire that snapped while a special machine was demolishing a concrete platform inside the tunnel and pulling up a cart carrying the debris.