Again! Young Man Injured After Shoe Gets Stuck In Escalator
by TNR Staff

 

The shoe trapped in the escalator at a famous Pathum Thani shopping mall. Photo: Naewna

 

JUST weeks after after a female passenger’s left leg was severed till the knee upon being swallowed by a moving walkway at Don Mueang Airport a young man working for a convenience store located in a popular department store in Pathum Thani injured his right leg after his shoe got stuck in an escalator there, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Aug. 17).

 

At 8 a.m. the manager of this convenience store was informed of his employee being injured after his shoe got trapped by the escalator as he was going down to return home.

 

Reporters from this newspaper went to the scene of the accident where they saw a shoe stuck in the moving staircase while store staff were investigating and repairing it.

 

by TNR Staff

The shoe trapped in the escalator at a famous Pathum Thani shopping mall. Photo: Naewna

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/08/17/again-young-man-injured-after-shoe-gets-stuck-in-escalator/

 

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Looks like a dodgy escalator at best..opening on the side is inviting all sorts of trouble....but..it's likely been that way for ages by the look of the stains....

Only in Thailand I hardly read on other airports these incidents

2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Looks like a dodgy escalator at best..opening on the side is inviting all sorts of trouble....but..it's likely been that way for ages by the look of the stains....

The opening is because they took the cover off to repair it. That’s not how it normally is.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

trapped by the escalator as he was going down to return home.

If he was going down why is the front of his shoe trapped. Was he standing backwards looking up?

I sense a lack of concentration, look before you leap!

1 hour ago, RocketDog said:

If he was going down why is the front of his shoe trapped. Was he standing backwards looking up?

Waving goodbye to the next shift.

It happens a lot in many countries where children are wearing plastic shoes. They think it is fun to rub there foot along the side of the escalator which heats and melts their shoes which then sticks to the tread. Seen it a number of times when I worked on escalators.

 

Maybe he thought the yellow lines along the sides are there for decoration, and not to warn people not to stand there.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The shoe trapped in the escalator at a famous Pathum Thani shopping mall

Famous for what?  Shoes in escalators? ????

2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Maybe he thought the yellow lines along the sides are there for decoration, and not to warn people not to stand there.

Exactly

On 8/17/2023 at 6:55 AM, fallup88 said:

The opening is because they took the cover off to repair it. That’s not how it normally is.

And what cover would that be? The 'comb' is at the bottom of the escalator. That image appears to show treads before retraction.

In the civilized world flip flops and similar are not allowed on escalators, as far as I can remember

Timely reminder to me not to use escalators or Travelators in Thailand 

On 8/17/2023 at 2:17 PM, RocketDog said:

If he was going down why is the front of his shoe trapped. Was he standing backwards looking up?

Just like a car accident the final position may not be indicative of initial position - he could well have been facing Forwards and the shoe snagged and twisted into that position. 

 

 

 

7 minutes ago, RobU said:

Timely reminder to me not to use escalators or Travelators in Thailand 

A better timely reminder to not wear rubbish soft footwear on escalators or travelators anywhere...  or just be very careful when you do... just like crossing a road anywhere really. 

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, Deli said:

In the civilized world flip flops and similar are not allowed on escalators, as far as I can remember

You mean the Hoi Palloi are stopped from using the escalators in Harrods in their Gucci thongs ?

 

At Heathrow the the g-string bourgeois are stoped from using the travelators in their Havaianas before taking their flights to Magaluf ?  

 

 

20 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

And what cover would that be? The 'comb' is at the bottom of the escalator. That image appears to show treads before retraction.

I was referring the cover at the side, the other commenter was saying how it’s full of stains too. The stains are just oil/grease. There is suppose to be another cover with a brush guard that they took off, hence you see the stains / grease.

me think he want new shoes