Worker drowns in bio-gas pond in Nakhon Pathom

By The Nation

 

A Man worker fell into a pond for storing chicken droppings to make bio-gas in Nakhon Patom, and drowned on Friday afternoon.

 

Police said the accident happened at the KCF Green Energy in Nakhon Pathom’s Bang Len district at 3.20pm.

 

The worker, Ya, 29, fell into the pond while he and other workers were repairing a water pump above the pond, which is 5 metres wide and about 8 metres deep. Other workers tried to save him by handing a long stick for him to hang on, but he quickly drowned.

 

The factory generates electricity for use in three farms of nearby Kasem Chai Foods Co.

 

Rescuers took about seven hours to retrieve the body by pumping out the chicken droppings.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30326240

 

 

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No thought of safety!  barricade, harness or even a life bouy,

when employers start getting charged for negligence on so many levels 

will safety be taken seriously in Thailand, 

another needless waste of life,

5 hours ago, leeneeds said:

No thought of safety!  barricade, harness or even a life bouy,

when employers start getting charged for negligence on so many levels 

will safety be taken seriously in Thailand, 

another needless waste of life,

Exactly, even a length of rope around the waist.......what price a life......But alas I think education is another factor, how often I see workers taking unsafe short cuts at heights, or using power tools / cutters etc and holding the items under their feet wearing flip flops.......the list is endless....

3 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

Exactly, even a length of rope around the waist.......what price a life......But alas I think education is another factor, how often I see workers taking unsafe short cuts at heights, or using power tools / cutters etc and holding the items under their feet wearing flip flops.......the list is endless....

Education. Hit the nail on the head. It would be hard to have the foresight to do a JSA when you haven't been educated and the way you're doing things is all you know.

People say 'but how can they not know?!'. If you've ever worked in a trade and have seen what danger a green apprentice can put you or themselves in you'd understand how common sense really isn't all that common.

 

Drowning in s..t must be a pretty rotten way to go. RIP.

Third case in a month. First one in a slurry tank where a cover was missing, second worker went into slurry pond to clear a drainage pipe and got sucked down it ........ tragic lack of safety.