A worker at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has died after falling into a water tank, while a second worker died in a separate accident at a sister plant on the same day.
The victim at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, reportedly in his 50s, was inspecting an empty water tank with two other workers when he fell from the top of the 10-metre container, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said.
The worker was trying to remove the lid of the giant tank by himself when he fell into the unit.
"He was wearing a harness, but the hook was found tucked inside the harness. This means the harness was not being used," said a TEPCO spokesman.
"We are investigating whether safety measures were appropriately observed," he added.
The tank is one of thousands at the site used to store rainwater that may have picked up radiation at the site after reactors went into meltdown in the aftermath of a huge tsunami in March 2011.
Another worker died on Tuesday because of an incident at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, which is located several kilometres south of the damaged plant, according to TEPCO.
In the unrelated incident at the Fukushima Daini plant, which was largely unscathed by the huge natural disaster, a worker died after suffering a severe head injury after being caught in equipment, a TEPCO spokesman said.
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