No casualties as Yellow Line scaffolding collapses in Lat Phrao

By THE NATION

 

 

A 15-metre high scaffolding collapsed on Sunday (September 27) in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao area, possibly due to strong winds and rains on evening.

 

The scaffolding fell on two electric poles, obstructing a traffic channel. The incident took place near Lat Phrao Soi 69.

 

The scaffolding was used for construction of the Yellow Line Skytrain route. However, there were no casualties.

 

Officials said that they would look into the reasons for the collapse.

 

They assured that all construction-related equipment were checked before they were deployed. This was the first accident in the construction of the Yellow Line.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30395239

 

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..................strong winds and rains. That sounds fair , a good excuse !

Everything falls here....cranes, buildings, bridges, people, cars from car-parks....the land of falls:)

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Officials said that they would look into the reasons for the collapse.

There was another collapse on a rail project a couple of months ago...the reason being it rained so the soil was wet !

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The scaffolding fell on two electric poles, obstructing a traffic channel.

A "traffic channel"? The Thai word ช่อง (chong) does mean channel in many contexts, but with regard to a road it translates as "lane". Is the writer relying on Google Translate?

2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Everything falls here....cranes, buildings, bridges, people, cars from car-parks....the land of falls:)

You forgot balcony's. 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

This was the first accident in the construction of the Yellow Line.

So how many others are there going to be???

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

You forgot balcony's. 

And the ceiling of a station along the purple line....

 

The Thai should hire foreign safety inspectors....it's the only way to change their mindset.

10 hours ago, Youlike said:

And the ceiling of a station along the purple line....

 

The Thai should hire foreign safety inspectors....it's the only way to change their mindset.

They'd never get anything built.

17 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Everything falls here....cranes, buildings, bridges, people, cars from car-parks....the land of falls:)

Not everything, but there are also many construction collapses/accidents/incidents each year in the developed world as well.

Thailand is the hub of falling!

 

Worrying number of these incidences and it would be great to see a little more "health & safety" in play but unfortunately I don't think that's happening as soon as it should.

Police  suspect gravity caused the accident, gross negligence and stupidity was  immediately ruled out, Police have  given gravity 7 days to  appear before them, many suspect it  has  run home to Mummy.

6 minutes ago, pkrv said:

Thailand is the hub of falling!

 

Worrying number of these incidences and it would be great to see a little more "health & safety" in play but unfortunately I don't think that's happening as soon as it should.

They have excellent health n safety stickers though, once again  Thailand, land  of lip service