Japan’s largest shipbuilding group, Imabari Shipbuilding, has suffered a major safety accident, leaving several people injured!
At around 11:56 a.m. on July 12, an accident occurred at Imabari Shipbuilding’s Marugame Factory in Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture, during ship assembly work. During the work, one of the ship blocks suddenly collapsed, injuring seven male workers aged between their teens and 30s.
Fortunately, no one was killed in the accident.
According to local police, among the seven injured, a 22-year-old male worker suffered fractures in his pelvis and other parts of his body, and another 33-year-old male worker suffered a fractured heel bone and was in a serious condition. Among the remaining five people, one was suspected to have a broken arm, and four suffered contusions or sprains.
Currently, local police are investigating the circumstances and cause of the accident.