A Worker Suffers Cardiopulmonary Arrest at Fukushima I Nuke Plant, Cause Unknown, TEPCO Says

A worker in his 60s from an affiliate company suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant on January 9, 2012 and was taken to a hospital in Iwaki City.

From Mainichi Shinbun (1/9/2011):

東京電力は９日、福島第１原発で作業をしていた協力企業社員の６０代男性が作業中に倒れて意識を失い、心肺停止状態になったと発表した。この日の被ばく線量は５２マイクロシーベルトだった。原発での作業に携わった期間や、これまでの累積被ばく線量は確認中という。

TEPCO announced on January 9 that a worker in his 60s from an affiliate company working at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant lost consciousness and collapsed while he was working, and suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest. His radiation exposure for the day was 52 microsieverts. No immediate information from TEPCO as to how long he has worked at the plant or what his cumulative radiation exposure is.

　男性は同日朝から、原子炉冷却によって生じる汚染水処理で出た放射性物質の貯蔵タンク製造のため、コンクリートを流し込む作業をしていた。午後２時２０分ごろ体調不良を訴え、同原発内の医療室で医師の治療を受けたが、回復しないため同４時半ごろ福島県いわき市内の病院へ搬送された。同原発ではこれまでに３人の作業員が病気などで亡くなっている。

The worker was doing the concrete pour for the storage tank to store the radioactive materials from the contaminated water treatment since the morning of January 9. He fell ill at about 2:20PM, and was treated by a doctor at the medical room at the plant but he didn't respond to the treatment. At 4:30PM he was transported to a hospital in Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture. So far, three workers died of illnesses at the plant.

None of the "illnesses" has anything to do with radiation or with working at Fuku I, according to TEPCO.

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