Four workers killed, five badly hurt as crane collapses at Bangkok construction site

[webfact]

Four workers killed, five badly hurt as crane collapses at Bangkok construction site

By The Nation

 

 

Four workers were killed and five others injured when the top part of a crane broke off and fell on them at a condominium construction site on Bangkok’s Rama 3 Road on Wednesday afternoon.

 

The fallen part hit the fifth floor of a building in the Lumpini Park Riverside project. Four male workers were killed on that floor and another five severely injured.

 

The accident happened at about 12:15pm on Soi 45 off Rama 3 road.

 

A worker said he heard a loud noise followed by a large volume of dust appearing. He looked up and saw that the top part of the crane had broken off.

 

Officials have yet to investigate the cause of the accident.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30362788

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-01-23

 

[Wiggy]

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Officials have yet to investigate the cause of the accident.

I'll do it for them......negligence. Next......

[keith101]

RIP to the workers but i think the authorities need to shut down every crane and do inspections of not just the cranes but the operators as well to check their license to operate thats if this country actually requires people to be properly trained ?

[madmen]

RIP to the workers but i think the authorities need to shut down every crane and do inspections of not just the cranes but the operators as well to check their license to operate thats if this country actually requires people to be properly trained ?

They should start with safety first from the ground up . Watching workers walk a 6 inch plank 10 stories up in bare feet is just wrong

[RotBenz8888]

Safety last. One have to understand the rush they're in, due to the alarming lack of condos in Bangkok area.

[Just1Voice]

Lack of proper training.
Laci of proper licensing.
Lack of proper operating procedures.
Probably trying to lift more than the crane is rated for. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thailand is well on its way toward gaining "hub" status for construction site crane collapses....

 

It's a pretty regular occurrence here, sadly.

 

[shady86]

I bet the investigation will be called of once the nationalities of the victims are identified. 

[NCC1701A]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Officials have yet to investigate the cause of the accident.

the crane operator passed out due to lack of Oxygen.

[trainman34014]

Never known a country where so many cranes collapse; indicative perhaps to safety standards throughout the Kingdom !

[Henrik Andersen]

This happens to often now it would be smart to start inspection on every construction sites for prober license and safety for the workers 

[snoop1130]

UPDATE: Five workers killed, six hurt as crane collapses in Bangkok

By KORNKAMON AKSORNDECH 
THE NATION

 

 

FIVE WORKERS were killed and six others injured when the top of a crane broke off and fell on them at a condominium construction site in Bangkok’s Yannawa district on Wednesday.

 

 

The investigation into the cause of the tragedy is already underway.

 

The accident happened at about 12:15pm on Soi 45 off Rama 3 road in Bang Phong Phang sub-district. The 60-metre top part of the crane hit the fifth floor of a building, which had been built up to the 13th floor, in the Lumpini Place Rama 3-Riverine project. Four male workers on the fifth floor fell to their deaths and another six workers were injured. 

 

As police and rescue workers led by city police chief Pol Lt-General Sutthipong Wongpin reached the scene shortly afterwards, three seriously wounded workers were taken to two nearby hospitals while another two declined to go. 

 

The number of injured workers was initially thought to be five but was later updated to six when rescue workers climbed up the damaged crane’s ladder to take down one more worker, who was trapped on the crane with a broken left leg. The wounded man was lowered by rappelling rope at 3.30pm and taken to Bang Pakok 1 Hospital. He was later pronounced dead.

 

 

A worker said he heard a loud noise, then saw a large volume of dust and when he looked up he saw that the top of the crane had broken off. 

 

The scene was attended by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) deputy governor Chakkapan Piewngam and BMA Public Works Department’s Building Control Division head Noppadol Chaipanya. 

 

Chakkapan said the Yannawa District Office has immediately suspended the construction of the 35-storey condominium building, which had obtained a construction permit last April. 

 

Officials would next gather evidence to file a complaint against the construction contractor as there was no permission from the district office and the BMA Public Works Department for the crane to be operating at that level, said Jakkapan. 

 

When the construction reached the 13th floor, the contractor arranged for another company to extend the crane on Tuesday in order to help in the construction of the 14th and 15th floors. On Wednesday was the first day that the crane was being used to the new height, he explained.

 

 

Opas Sripayak, the CEO of the condominium project owner, LPN Development PCL, claimed last night that the accident was caused by a flaw in the way the crane had been assembled by workers at an outsource company. He said his own company would provide financial assistance to the deceased and injured workers. 

 

He also said the accident hadn’t caused any serious damage to the building.

 

City police chief Pol Lt-General Sutthipong said he had assigned local officers to investigate the case thoroughly.

 

No charges had yet been filed and were dependent upon a complaint being filed later by BMA Public Works Department officials. 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-01-23

[champers]

"No serious damage to the building". Jolly good. We now know where priorities lie.

[sammieuk1]

I feel a brake failure of cranes is coming followed by a large brush and carpet ????RIP

[bluesofa]

9 hours ago, champers said:

"No serious damage to the building". Jolly good. We now know where priorities lie.

The guy quoted has obviously been attending the Prawit Wongsuwan school of compassion & diplomacy.

After the Kenyan terrorist killings last week: at least no Thais were killed.

[Redline]

Normal, no oversight, or inspections, little training, little or no penalties I presume 

[metisdead]

Off topic posts and replies about bamboo or metal scaffolding have been removed. 

[tifino]

.... nevertheless, they really need to lift their game! 

 

 

maybe it is?  

[Lupatria]

10 hours ago, overherebc said:

A lot of these cranes are stored in sections ( that bolt together ) outside in yards for long periods of time in all weathers.

There it is, the convenient outcome of the investigation: The crane collapsed due to heavy rain in the last three monsoon seasons nobody at fault at the site.

[tifino]

2 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

There it is, the convenient outcome of the investigation: The crane collapsed due to heavy rain in the last three monsoon seasons nobody at fault at the site.

but this time it is real - it rained blood ???? 

[NCC1701A]

i wonder if the Thais will see this as a bad luck building or think that is is haunted now?

 

"we have a promotion on condo units on the fifth floor. that is where the pissed off ghosts of the construction workers hang out."  

 

[Burma Bill]

19 hours ago, keith101 said:

RIP to the workers but i think the authorities need to shut down every crane and do inspections of not just the cranes but the operators as well to check their license to operate thats if this country actually requires people to be properly trained ?

Maybe even breathalyze them!

[Aussieroaming]

Hauling injured people out via suspended harness isnt ideal, given the likelyhood of multiple or open fractures, spinal damage and possible internal injuries. I'm sure proper rescue equipment like basket stretchers might have helped. Cant blame the rescuers for not being given the best rescue equipment, but its a shame to watch what they have to work with.

[grumpy 4680]

   No mention of what was on the HOOK. ?????????

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, Wiggy said:

I'll do it for them......negligence. Next......

Poor maintenance, poor training & overloaded.... same as all the other crane accidents.

Do they ever learn & make changes.. nah

cheap labour from across the border & other cranes available

[RichardColeman]

On the bright side there will be a lot of scrap aluminium available

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Officials would next gather evidence to file a complaint against the construction contractor as there was no permission from the district office and the BMA Public Works Department for the crane to be operating at that level, said Jakkapan. 

 

I'm not sure what difference permission or no permission would have made...  Construction cranes topple and crash all the time in Bangkok... So either, none of those ever have BMA permission/permits. Or, they do have BMA permission/permits, but they crash anyway, because having a permit here doesn't provide any kind of assurance that the work is going to be done correctly or safely, or even be inspected for that.

 

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

On the bright side there will be a lot of scrap aluminium available

Where will the aluminium come from??

[george11]

21 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

Hauling injured people out via suspended harness isnt ideal, given the likelyhood of multiple or open fractures, spinal damage and possible internal injuries. I'm sure proper rescue equipment like basket stretchers might have helped. Cant blame the rescuers for not being given the best rescue equipment, but its a shame to watch what they have to work with.

Looking at the picture, it must have hurt like hell with broken bones being lowered in a harness. 

[george11]

So if the building was completed, accident-free, no officials would question how it build without the proper crane permits?