日鉄社員自殺、労災認定　「過労、叱責でうつ病」―愛知・半田労基署

　鉄鋼大手「日本製鉄」（東京）の男性社員＝当時（２８）＝が２０２０年に自殺したのは、過労や上司からの叱責でうつ病を発症したためだったとして、半田労働基準監督署（愛知県半田市）が労災と認定したことが１７日、遺族の代理人弁護士への取材で分かった。認定は４月２０日付。
　弁護士によると、男性は１９年１０月から同社名古屋製鉄所（愛知県東海市）で大型発電設備の定期修繕を担当。２０年１月には別の大型発電設備の修繕も任されるようになった。未経験の業務で労働時間は大幅に増加し、上司からも繰り返し叱責を受けた。
　男性は母親に「仕事がきつい。会社を辞めたい」などと漏らしていたほか、交際相手にも仕事の悩みや不眠などを訴えていた。２０年２月に会社の寮の部屋に遺書を残し、ベランダから飛び降り自殺した。
　労基署は、男性が同年２月上旬にうつ病を発症していたと認定。業務量の増加で直前の時間外労働は月７６時間半に達しており、上司からの叱責も重なり、発症の要因になったと判断した。
　日本製鉄の話　個人情報に関する問い合わせには回答を差し控える。（2022/11/17-12:54）

A labor standards inspection office in central Japan has recognized the suicide of a male Nippon Steel Corp. employee in 2020 as being related to his work, it was learned Thursday.
   According to a lawyer for his bereaved family, the labor office in the city of Handa, Aichi Prefecture, concluded that the 28-year-old employee of the major Japanese steelmaker committed suicide because he developed depression due to suffering extreme fatigue from his work and being rebuked repeatedly by his boss. The recognition was made on April 20 this year.
   The man was assigned to the job of regular maintenance work for large power generation equipment at the company's steelworks in the Aichi city of Tokai from October 2019, the lawyer said. He additionally became in charge of maintenance jobs for similar equipment in January 2020.
   His work hours increased substantially as he was new to these duties, and he was scolded repeatedly by his boss.
   The man told his mother that his work was very tough and that he wanted to quit the company. He also complained to a friend about what he was worrying about his job as well as sleeplessness. He jumped to his death from the balcony of his dormitory room in February 2020, leaving a suicide note, which was found in the room.