Two engineers dead after accident in drain outside condo in Bang Na, Bangkok

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that three engineers were taken to hospitals plus a security man after an incident in a drain outside a condominium in the Bang Na area of Bangkok.

 

The men were named as Direk, 37, Worawut, 23, Thossaphol ,26, all maintenance engineers at the condo plus security guard Sarima, 37.

 

Thossaphol and Worawut have since died.

 

The cause is believed to be electrocution followed by suffocation. 

 

The men were doing maintenance work in the drain outside the condo that is in the area of Wat Bang Na Nai in the Thai capital. 

 

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[petermik]

Saw this on the news last night....no safety equipment or precautions taken out beforehand....pointless waste of life RIP.

[khwaibah]

31 minutes ago, webfact said:

enginee

BS. Thailand stinks a BIG ONE on safety.

[Hamus Yaigh]

56 minutes ago, petermik said:

Saw this on the news last night....no safety equipment or precautions taken out beforehand..

Wonder why this was mentioned on the 'news last night' about safety but Siam Rath is having none of it? #rhetorical.

Edited July 20, 2022 by Hamus Yaigh

[kcpattaya]

Sad, terrible dead. RIP

[RichardColeman]

Now we know why they want to use prisoners

[cardinalblue]

When I hear drain I think confined space entry requirements….

 

another regulation not to comply with….but let’s keep wearing our masks on motorcycles and in nature areas

 

ckueless as what’s important safety measures and what isn’t 

 

bottom line - no lessons learned b/c these types of incidents (not accidents) are not used in follow up safety training exercises….why? No one is held accountable for injury or death or not following proper protocol 

 

why is it sad or terrible? It is expected - just another day

 

”never confuse activity with achievement”

 

 

Edited July 20, 2022 by cardinalblue

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

The cause is believed to be electrocution followed by suffocation. 

Jeez, does Thailand never learn anything?

[ezzra]

20 hours ago, khwaibah said:

BS. Thailand stinks a BIG ONE on safety.

Safety, what safety? i don't think they have word for it in Thai, i see the maintenance guys in our condo, an accident in the making, in a country where compensation and social security system is a joke...

[Darksidedude]

22 hours ago, petermik said:

Saw this on the news last night....no safety equipment or precautions taken out beforehand....pointless waste of life RIP.

most sparkys in Thailand work live, absolutely mental just to lazy to find and flick a CB off

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Bachelor Degree in Engineering from a Thai Uni probably but die in a drain because...?

 

Answers on a postcard.