A 42-year-old man died after falling into a flour storage tank at a factory in Bang Pakong district, Chachoengsao province, on the morning of 8 March 2026. The accident occurred around 10.30am when police from Bang Pakong Police Station were alerted that a worker had fallen into a large flour storage tank inside a factory in Bang Pakong subdistrict. Rescue workers from Chachoengsao were dispatched to the scene.
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The incident took place inside a ground-floor factory building housing industrial machinery and a large flour storage tank. The container was about 8 metres high and 3 metres wide, with workers required to climb an 8-metre ladder to reach a platform used for sweeping excess flour. Beneath the platform, flour residue flows down into the storage tank through an opening.
When officials arrived, they found the man’s body inside the tank. His body was covered in flour and he had died from lack of oxygen. Co-workers had to loosen bolts and dismantle an inspection hatch on the tank, in order to retrieve the body from inside the tank.
Colleagues said the man normally worked for the company in another position but had taken on a contractor job during his day off and it was his first day performing this task. Co-workers had warned him to be careful while working around the tank and machinery. They began searching for him after noticing he had gone missing and later discovered his body inside the tank.
The victim’s wife said she had warned her husband to work carefully because he had a habit of being careless. She told him not to crawl into the tank to clean it. Family members were overcome with grief at the scene, with relatives crying as rescue workers recovered the body.
Police transferred the body to hospital for further examination and began an investigation into the circumstances of the incident. Authorities will proceed with legal procedures before releasing the body to the family for religious rites.
The case highlights the risks involved in working around large industrial machinery, particularly in confined spaces such as storage tanks used in food production facilities. Investigators will examine the scene and gather statements from those present to determine how the accident occurred.
Khaosod reported that officials said the investigation would continue while the factory and relevant parties cooperate with authorities. The family is expected to arrange funeral ceremonies after the body is formally released.
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Adapted by ASEAN Now Khaosod 9 Mar 2026