body recovery operations; collecting casualties
Used in disaster, accident, or military contexts for the organized retrieval of human remains.
After the earthquake, the Self-Defense Forces carried out body recovery operations.
The body recovery work is facing difficulties.
遺体収容 explicitly mentions 'corpse' (遺体), while 収容作業 is a broader term for the operation itself.
救助作業 refers to rescue operations for living people, whereas 収容作業 is specifically for recovering bodies.
Compound of 収容 (しゅうよう, 'accommodation, reception') and 作業 (さぎょう, 'work, operation'). The specific meaning of body recovery is a contextual extension of 'receiving' or 'taking in'.