**The Worst Deaths That Human Beings Have Ever Experienced** Hisashi Ouchi: The Lab Technician Who Suffered The Worst Radiation Death In History There’s a reason why workplace health and safety guidelines exist, and the chilling story of Hisashi Ouchi shows just how important they are — especially if you happen to work at a nuclear power plant. On September 30, 1999, the 35-year-old Ouchi and two others were working at the Tokaimura Nuclear Power Plant in Tokaimura, Japan under a tight deadline put in place by the Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Company. The plant converted uranium hexafluoride into enriched uranium for the purposes of nuclear energy. This usually involved a meticulous, carefully-timed, multi-step process. But Ouchi and his coworkers Masato Shinohara and Yutaka Yokokawa attempted to take a shortcut to meet their deadline. Unfortunately, this led to a horrific explosion of a uranium solution. The plant underwent emergency evacuation as the three men were rushed to the Nat...