Workers suffer electric shock while retrieving Vegetarian Festival flags

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Workers suffer electric shock while retrieving Vegetarian Festival flags

By The Phuket News

 

The two men were electrocuted when the steel flag handle accidentally touched an overhead power cable. Photo: Phuket Ruamjai Rescue Foundation

 

PHUKET: Two men suffered electric shocks while collecting Vegetarian Festival flags at the intersection of Soi Palai and Chao Fa East Rd in Chalong yesterday (Oct 26).

 

Sayan Thammaphan, Head of the Phuket Ruamjai Rescue Foundation, explained that rescue workers and an ambulance from Chalong Hospital were called to the scene at about 10:40am.

 

Rescue workers arrived to find Manat Srisuwan, 52, and Myanmar national Soh Min Jun, 41, both on the ground near a power pole. 

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/workers-suffer-electric-shock-while-retrieving-vegetarian-festival-flags-77780.php

 

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[ronaldo0]

Would love to know the amount of people killed in a year from electric shocks in the country . The amount of people I know who think because they can wire a plug they can do anything electrical is shocking ! 
Anything involving water and electric in my house is wired by a uk qualified electrician , wouldn’t trust a Thai to do it .

[steven100]

the usual lack of safety .... we all know Thai's have zero respect for electricity. 

a couple of weeks back I was sitting under cover from the rain and a guy nearby under an umbrella was using a fan and phone watching videos,  the lead  he was using ran some 10 meters, it was a twisted pair and joined half way to another lead, at the join there was a puddle of water, it looked to be tapped together but very unsafe, I pointed this out to him and he more or less said ' Mai pen rai '  .....    They just don't care.  

[sammieuk1]

Anyone working within 5 meters of power poles here should be made a general hope they are ok ????

[EricTh]

The thousands of electrical cable criss crossing the poles in Thailand is a nightmare. They should really revamp the electrical cables to prevent future mishaps.

[hotchilli]

Trully shocking this can still happen here.