At Least 1 Injured After Crane Collapses On Car In Silom

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

A crane collapsed on a car, trees and electric poles Friday morning in Saladaeng Road.

 

BANGKOK — A mobile crane collapsed Friday morning on a car and electric poles in central Bangkok, injuring at least one person.

 

The accident happened at about 9:20am at Saladaeng Road in Silom area. The crane reportedly fell from a construction site onto a passing car, trees and three utility poles, damaging a number of buildings nearby.

 

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Woman injured after construction crane topples on Bangkok soi

By The Nation

 

Picture: JS100

 

A woman was injured on Friday morning when a construction crane toppled onto a power pole which fell onto her car on Soi Saldaeng 2 in Bangkok's Bang Rak district.
 

The accident happened at 9.25am.

 

Rescuers had wait until the Metropolitan Electricity Authority cut off the power before they could free the woman from her car and take her to a hospital.

 

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And yet another crane collapses , are these things ever inspected or rated for tonnage and even if they are where the operators trained correctly or forced to lift more than the rating .

That has always been a source of LOOK OUT when passing by these cranes... Sad.

This is next to my apartment building. The crane was a piece of Chinese crap and was swaying around like crazy when first used this Monday. When it fell over today it was not in use - just snapped off at the base.

Chinese cranes and Thai soft-brains a match made in heaven.

Safety First?...In Thailand?...Never has been n never will be....

Seems to be an ever occurring problem. And either the authorities haven't the interest to deal with it, or haven't the competence. Most probably both. 

3 hours ago, keith101 said:

And yet another crane collapses , are these things ever inspected or rated for tonnage and even if they are where the operators trained correctly or forced to lift more than the rating .

Safe to say: NO, NO, NO! And QUITE POSSIBLY!

4 hours ago, keith101 said:

And yet another crane collapses , are these things ever inspected or rated for tonnage and even if they are where the operators trained correctly or forced to lift more than the rating .

Looks like a Tower Crane 

Three hurt after building site accident

By The Nation

 

 

Police said three people - a female driver and two male bystanders - were injured on Friday morning when a crane pulled down power wires, causing seven poles to topple in Soi Saldaeng 2 in Bangkok's Bang Rak district.

 

Pongpan Chai-anan, 60, sustained nose and neck injuries when her airbag activated as one of the poles fell on her car at 9.25am, said deputy superintendent Lt Colonel Jessada Khumsattra of Thung Mahamek precinct.

 

Rescuers had to wait until the Metropolitan Electricity Authority cut off the power before they could free the woman from her car and take her to a hospital.

 

Two slightly injured men, Peerawit Udompanich, 27, and Sanya Soonklang, 42, were found near their toppled motorcycle.

 

The fallen power poles also damaged a shophouse, five roadside trees and Thai TV drama actress Nattharinee also known as Tharinda "Mink" Kannasoot's Honda Civic parked in front of her house.

 

The authorities said the crane was being used in a properly registered construction of a six-storey apartment building.

 

Fruit seller Thanawadee Kaewrawang, 37, whose shop is 100 metres from the accident, said there was a loud noise as the power poles were pulled down and the crane then toppled and the power transformer exploded.

 

The soi was normally busy with office traffic but fortunately it was quiet at the time, she said.

 

The crane operator, who is reportedly Burmese, fled the scene, and the police would summon the construction company to make a statement, Jessada said.

 

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shows how pathetic thai safety standards are, all boils down to how much profit doing it properly costs

Saladaeng and Silom are unsafe areas, particularly at night.

27 minutes ago, oldrunner said:

Saladaeng and Silom are unsafe areas, particularly at night.

Do the cranes collapse more readily during the nocturnal hours?

 

One presumes that the cranes save "face" if it is too dark to see 'em actually succumb to gravity and lack of supa glue.

11 hours ago, normanx1234 said:

 The crane was a piece of Chinese crap and was swaying around like crazy when first used this Monday. When it fell over today it was not in use - just snapped off at the base.

Probably maintenanced by Thais though

10 hours ago, Jonmarleesco said:

Safe to say: NO, NO, NO! And QUITE POSSIBLY!

Jeez, I was gonna write that ?

5 hours ago, Odysseus123 said:

Do the cranes collapse more readily during the nocturnal hours?

 

One presumes that the cranes save "face" if it is too dark to see 'em actually succumb to gravity and lack of supa glue.

No he means the streets are not safe for pedestrians due to very low level of street lighting in some places that make it difficult to see pedestrian hazards such holes, wires, or other protruding objects that may cuase injury

19 hours ago, keith101 said:

And yet another crane collapses , are these things ever inspected or rated for tonnage and even if they are where the operators trained correctly or forced to lift more than the rating .

Rhetorical question... we all know the answer to that.

I expected Sala Daeng road to be shut and electricity out for at least a couple of days, so very impressed that everything was fixed by just after midnight - 15 hours after the accident. Maybe no surprise that the remains of the crane did a runner last night. Here is the site early this morning:

 

 

A lift well crane that had been extended way too high for its anchor / support system..... during monsoon season.... perhaps

 

The fellow sitting there having a cuppa Joe sure had a birds eye view.

 

 

2 hours ago, normanx1234 said:

expected Sala Daeng road to be shut and electricity out for at least a couple of days, so very impressed that everything was fixed by just after midnight - 15 hours after the accident.

 

They've had a lot of practice