Shikoku Electric Power Transmission & Distribution has set up a third-party committee to investigate the death of a 19-year-old male employee who fell from a transmission tower in Kamikatsu, Tokushima Prefecture, in September, the company said Tuesday.
The committee will look into whether harassment occurred and whether the company met its duty to keep the workplace safe. It is also expected to recommend ways to prevent a similar death.
The company expects to receive the committee's report around late March next year.
The panel has three members, all lawyers, and is chaired by Nobuhiro Kagoike of the Kagawa Bar Association, company executives said at a news conference in Tokushima.
The company said the committee will also examine the circumstances leading up to the fall, including the truth of power harassment — the abuse of a superior's position — that has been alleged.