Two negligence acknowledged by Tokyo Metro for 7 hours in News Multifunctional Toilet

　Life that might have been saved--.At around 11:00 p.m. on June 7 last year, it was found that male customers were falling in the multifunctional toilet at Tokyo Metro Hatchobori Station.[Image] A multifunctional toilet metro official at Tokyo Metro Hatchobori Station speaks.

"Men who seem to be in their fourth and 50s were lying down."

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"If a multifunctional toilet is more than 30 minutes, a blue lamp that indicates in use will blink. A station staff who noticed that the lamp continues to flash, unlocked the toilet door with security guards.A man who appeared in his fourth and 50s was lying, "he said, the police and fire were reported on the spot."However, the death was confirmed at the hospital where the emergency was transported." (Before the same), the police and others found that there was a sign that the man pressed the emergency button in the toilet."I found that about 7 hours have passed since the man entered the toilet around 4 o'clock in the evening to the discovery of the security camera in the station premises," (before).Did the male SOS be left untouched without reaching the station staff?There are two causes."The first is a problem with a breaker that activates the emergency button. Usually, if you press the emergency button, the warning of the station office will ring, and the station staff will rush to the toilet, but Hatchobori Station has somehow the emergency button breaker.Was cut off. "(Before) is also serious."In the case of multifunctional toilets, if the room is less than 30 minutes even if the emergency button is not pressed, the warning will arrive at the station office through the signal cable."Two negligence" over safety (before).Tokyo Metro acknowledged the facts and responded mainly as follows."The function confirmation test had not been conducted after the completion of the (toilet) construction, there was no checklist to prevent omission in the body function confirmation test, and there was no regular operation confirmation.This is the cause. As an emergency inspection, we are checking the breaker and signal cable of the emergency buttons in all places. "If the signal cable is connected and the emergency button is also operating, this man is life.It may not have been dropped.When asked if he explained the circumstances of this time to the bereaved family, why did he notify the accident, "I don't know the contact information of the bereaved family and have not told you" (before)?

The comments of Tokyo Metro ...

"On the day, the police had not been reported that there was no incident, so we did not make a report."Tokyo Metro to be listed.You need to fulfill that mission. In response to the interview with "Weekly Bunshun", Tokyo Metro sent a press release to the news companies on March 2 and announced the details.I apologized as follows.

"Weekly Bunshun" editorial department / Weekly Bunshun March 10, 2022