Relevance should take priority over editorial approval. (But let's all cut sneering and abuse.)

48 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

Yes and no.

 

The Occupational Safety, Health, and Environmental Act of 2011 (OSH) is the overarching law for occupational safety and health regulations in Thailand.

 

Arguably; implementation, management, and enforcement of this Act are the main problems here.

 

Thailand could do with stricter regulations that focus on specific activities, such as lifting. In the UK, lifting comes under LOLER, and it is strictly enforced. 

 

But without enforcement, any new regulations are ultimately pointless.

In the UK the CEO is implicated in the event of an accident at work . For that reason h&s compliance is paramount as failure to comply could mean prison and a hefty fine . Some might say that in the UK h&s rules are OTT and an encumbrance  on working progress . In the UK there are often qualified h&s officers on site making sure everyone is working safely and compliant with  a work permit for the daily task and wearing the correct PPE . In the event of an accident at work there will be an investigation by the government HSE and that is serious stuff and an accident may be seen as a criminal act with jail and heavy fines for the C.E.O. For that reason , workplace h&s in Thailand will not change . However if say an American construction company are working in Thailand that may make a difference . 

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6 hours ago, DjSilver said:

And, as I am, I'm not surprised. Since there is no work place safety regulations in Thailand. If you die, you die. And Thai people can't think in advance. "If it hasn't happened yet, it won't happen". Until it happens, and than it's to late.

 

Welcome to Thailand

Is Baltimore in Thailand?   Apparently the officials there didn't think very well in advance.  It also appears that the only Thais that were involved were the rescue workers . Why is a Chinese company building a steel factory with migrant workers in Thailand?   Rhetorical question

I remember a job I was on in the Middle East and there was an accident. Nothing too serious but could have been. There was a meeting and people was blaming the safety people of the contractor. I agreed they contractors staff should have been supervising the operation but I also complained that the company safety personnel didn't bother either. They didn't like that.

Typical of Chinese & Thai safety standards, sadly its not the first and certainly will not be the last crane related fatality's!

 

 

The problem is with the owner's representatives agreeing to pay now to get into the site and then reneging on the promise later as is common in dealing with slimeballs like this.

Leave it to Chinese they will abuse everyone everywhere, no matter where they go: Africa, Latin America, South America and India …now welcome to Thailand 

16 hours ago, george said:

The incident occurred at a Chinese-run steel factory in Rayong, Thailand.

When China owns your economy your done....

8 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

Cranes are a danger, living here I will warn you, stay away from cranes. Weekly occurance here. 

When you look carefully at the bits of this crane then you see why it collapsed. It would not hold up in a safety inspection.

 Maybe Thai's will see that mass protests can cause change. 

5 hours ago, Letseng said:

When you look carefully at the bits of this crane then you see why it collapsed. It would not hold up in a safety inspection.

A couple of years ago, we sent a couple of our very experienced offshore crane ops to a well known training centre in Songkhla for the local crane operator refresher training. The training was done in a run down old simulator and the guys were assessed by someone who didn’t have a clue what they were doing and wasn’t even a qualified offshore crane op. 
 

This is offshore, which has a fairly high level of crane and lifting safety (normally they follow UK LOLER offshore), so I’d hate to see the level of training crane ops and inspectors are receiving for construction sites. I know it is regulated by the Dept. of Labour at this level.

 

They are all over the place when it comes to lifting safety in Thailand, as the regular crane collapses, lifting incidents and fatalities prove. 

2 hours ago, Elkski said:

 Maybe Thai's will see that mass protests can cause change. 

It hasn’t seemed to work so far…

21 hours ago, harleyclarkey said:

These workers are not doing themselves any favours by stopping rescue/recovery from Thai rescue teams. Beating up a rescue vehicle? 

Not the cleverest move but possibly understandable.

Very understandable, safety, what safety. 

This will go on, no one will do anything about it. 

Stricter safety regulations? You mean there actually are safety regulations?

How can you now have stricter building/safety regulations when I was under the believe that there are no regulations.Someone please explain.