Three corn silo workers "gassed" in freak accident in northern Thailand

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Three corn silo workers "gassed" in freak accident in northern Thailand

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CHIANG RAI: -- Three Burmese workers cleaning a silo for storing corn in Chiang Rai are believed to have been killed by a build up of gas.

 

The accident happened in Chiang Saen at the Pa Sak Noi estate where Lek, 41, Soo, 46. and Saikam, 35, had worked for many years.

 

No one noticed that the three men - responsible for the ovens and cleaning at the facility - had entered some pipes.

 

Later they were found suffocated and medics on the scene presumed ahead of a formal autopsy that they had succumbed to gas.

 

The silo owner Sanga said that residual water in the pipes from rains had likely caused a build-up of gas, reported Sanook.

 

Source: http://news.sanook.com/3585038/

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-09-21

[ChrisY1]

Companies here have zero knowledge of anything related to safety....!

3 more gone to god because of not having simple gas detector!

[yellowboat]

Thought this is normal occurrence in silos.  Again not safety systems in place. 

[nausea]

Hardly a freak accident when it keeps happening again, and again, and again ... .

[eliotness]

Working in confined spaces is always a risk.  Not sure how the rainwater was a factor, but entering without giving the workers an oxygen meter is murder !

[Dazinoz]

2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Companies here have zero knowledge of anything related to safety....!

3 more gone to god because of not having simple gas detector!

May not have been picked up by a gas detector as such. An oxygen monitor would have been more appropriate.

 

grain silos have been known to explode when the fine grain powder that will burn actually can form an explosive mix if ignited. 

[Belzybob]

22 minutes ago, Dazinoz said:

May not have been picked up by a gas detector as such. An oxygen monitor would have been more appropriate.

 

grain silos have been known to explode when the fine grain powder that will burn actually can form an explosive mix if ignited. 

If this is the result of a build up of hydrogen sulphide gas brought on by rotting matter in a moist environment,  an oxygen monitor would be largely worthless. By the time the low oxygen warning went off they will have been overcome by the hydrogen sulphide.  

[Dazinoz]

Just now, Belzybob said:

If this is the result of a build up of hydrogen sulphide gas brought on by rotting matter in a moist environment,  an oxygen monitor would be largely worthless. By the time the low oxygen warning went off they will have been overcome by the hydrogen sulphide.  

Same with a H2S monitor

[KhunBENQ]

6 hours ago, nausea said:

Hardly a freak accident when it keeps happening again, and again, and again ... .

Hard to count how many similar reports I have seen over the years.

 

[joecoolfrog]

On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 3:50 AM, eliotness said:

Working in confined spaces is always a risk.  Not sure how the rainwater was a factor, but entering without giving the workers an oxygen meter is murder !

Oxygen meters cost money !