Hotel maid falls down elevator shaft in Pattaya and suffers serious injuries

[webfact]

 

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

South Pattaya — A 57-year-old hotel maid fell down an elevator shaft at a Pattaya hotel and suffered serious injuries.

Pol. Lt. Col. Saijai Kamchulla, an inspector at the Pattaya Police Station, and Sawang Boriboon rescue services rushed to Aya Boutique Hotel on Soi Baywalk in South Pattaya after being notified that a woman had plunged into an elevator shaft by accident and sustained serious injuries on Friday, September 2nd.

Aya Boutique was a six-storey hotel. The victim was trapped in a shaft on the second floor and was crying for help. 

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/03/hotel-maid-falls-down-elevator-shaft-in-pattaya-and-suffers-serious-injuries/

 

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[sammieuk1]

Falling down a hole is your fault as a once visiting friend of mine found out a basket of fruit will be on its way if the poor lady survives nothing if she doesn't  is my guess???? 

[SAFETY FIRST]

  On 9/5/2022 at 2:37 AM, webfact said:

the victim did not look properly and took a step when the elevator was still between the third and second floors 

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Maybe she was unwell. 

Possible suicide attempt. 

 

[plus7]

Guys,

Probably you've seen elevator usage rule that may seem funny: "When door opened, make sure elevator is here too"

Sometimes door opens without elevator arrived and people step-in automatically.

It happens periodically.

[Photoguy21]

How did she get into the elevator shaft to start with?

[JoePai]

  On 9/5/2022 at 4:43 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

Maybe she was unwell. 

Possible suicide attempt. 

 

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Doubt it - staring at her phone and not looking

[scubascuba3]

Unbelievable, but they will blame her

[Gottfrid]

I know. It´s hard to see when the floor is missing. Happened to me 4 times already.

[mikeymike100]

Even with manual doors the inner door should not open unless the elevator is there surely, isnt there some kind of safety device?

[mickyr55]

You do know that you're in Thailand?, safety device!!!!

????????????????

[peterpaintpot]

  On 9/5/2022 at 7:44 AM, mikeymike100 said:

Even with manual doors the inner door should not open unless the elevator is there surely, isnt there some kind of safety device?

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No mention of inner door - quite beievable that it was an expensive unnecessary option!

[worgeordie]

So many ways to die or get serious injuries here ,just

because things aren't done right , until victims  receive

some serious compensation ,nothing will change .

 

regards worgeordie

[jacko45k]

They seriously did not leave the doors jammed open and without barriers on an elevator shaft?

[IAMHERE]

Could have been cleaning some part(s) of the shaft.

[Photoguy21]

  On 9/5/2022 at 5:08 AM, plus7 said:

Guys,

Probably you've seen elevator usage rule that may seem funny: "When door opened, make sure elevator is here too"

Sometimes door opens without elevator arrived and people step-in automatically.

It happens periodically.

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Never seen it as the opening depends on the operation of a microswitch inside the shaft.

[scorecard]

  On 9/5/2022 at 7:59 AM, mickyr55 said:

You do know that you're in Thailand?, safety device!!!!

????????????????

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No we don't do safety devices, you think too much.

[Enoon]

  On 9/5/2022 at 10:37 AM, scorecard said:

No we don't do safety devices, you think too much.

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............because we have these:

 

 

 

[tomazbodner]

  On 9/5/2022 at 7:11 AM, scubascuba3 said:

Unbelievable, but they will blame her

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No need to. Forum members already did enough of that...

[PJ71]

  On 9/5/2022 at 9:21 AM, IAMHERE said:

Could have been cleaning some part(s) of the shaft.

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I make sure my shaft is always clean.

[richard_smith237]

I’ve seen this, kind of....   an elevator was being serviced, a couple of staff around but they weren’t really paying attention and didn’t look as if they were going to stop me entering as I approached the elevator.

 

I got about 3 meters away, Initially it was shock as my brain disbelieved my eyes...  ’theres something wrong with the floor in this elevator and why is it so dark ?'....   

 

Now, whenever I’m with someone I notice how they rarely look down when entering an elevator. 

Its something I’ve taught my son... Stop, look down and where you are going first. 

 

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So... to answer the questions, how did she not see.... I think that part is fairly easy (surprisingly enough). 

The other part of this...  the security / safety part of the outer elevator door simply failed.

 

 

[jastheace]

  On 9/5/2022 at 7:38 AM, Gottfrid said:

I know. It´s hard to see when the floor is missing. Happened to me 4 times already.

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and it's not even 2 a.m. yet.....????

[JeffersLos]

 

Just what exactly is going on here? 

[Dan O]

  On 9/5/2022 at 5:08 AM, plus7 said:

Guys,

Probably you've seen elevator usage rule that may seem funny: "When door opened, make sure elevator is here too"

Sometimes door opens without elevator arrived and people step-in automatically.

It happens periodically.

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How exactly did the door open? Typical elevator doors are locked unless the elevator is on the floor in question. The lock is triggered to open by the presence of the elevator as a safety feature. Doors dont just open on there own. 

[richard_smith237]

  On 9/5/2022 at 5:49 PM, Dan O said:

How exactly did the door open? Typical elevator doors are locked unless the elevator is on the floor in question. The lock is triggered to open by the presence of the elevator as a safety feature. Doors dont just open on there own. 

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I’ll take a wild stab in the dark on this one and suggest a failure of the ‘safety feature’ you mention ! 

[richard_smith237]

  On 9/5/2022 at 5:42 PM, JeffersLos said:

 

Just what exactly is going on here? 

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I’ll take a wild stab in the dark on this one too and suggest administering first aid and attempting extracting the lady from the elevator... 

[Dan O]

  On 9/5/2022 at 7:02 PM, richard_smith237 said:

I’ll take a wild stab in the dark on this one and suggest a failure of the ‘safety feature’ you mention ! 

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The lock is mechanical on most all elevators and doors are spring loaded to close. You need a key to open the mechanical locking device to open doors. The elevator in question was most likely being repaired and the doors were open to access the top of the car. 

[steven100]

poor thing .... she'll probably get shaftered by the building admin,  I hope she can lift her self up and recover.

[Darksidedude]

Hope she is ok,

 

i find thai people dont look at the big picture especially driving they see a green light ahead and they focus on that where they should be looking left and right to make sure there is nothing running a red light, how you can miss not seeing an elevator at the floor is beyond me must have just been looking at her phone and just fell down the shaft

 

[jacko45k]

  On 9/5/2022 at 11:53 PM, Darksidedude said:

Hope she is ok,

 

i find thai people dont look at the big picture especially driving they see a green light ahead and they focus on that where they should be looking left and right to make sure there is nothing running a red light, how you can miss not seeing an elevator at the floor is beyond me must have just been looking at her phone and just fell down the shaft

 

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It was an open door she had walked through a thousand times before, or even gone into backwards with her maids cart in front of her. The phone is a good example of how people do not pay attention to where they are going, and expect others to move out of their way. 

[mikebell]

  On 9/5/2022 at 9:21 AM, IAMHERE said:

Could have been cleaning some part(s) of the shaft.

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In Thailand?  Out of sight; out of mind.  Thais do not believe in expending energy on stuff like servicing and/or cleaning.