Picture courtesy of Thai Rath

 

 

BANGKOK - A 46-year-old woman employed at a Bangkok company tragically lost her life after being trapped by a malfunctioning lift.

 

On 18th July at 1:45 pm, police officer Thanapol Manosorn of Samran Rat received a report of a fatal lift accident at a commercial building in Bangkok’s Pom Prap Sattru Phai district. Emergency services and the police attended the scene promptly.

 

The incident occurred in a four-story building comprising three adjoining units. This building houses a forklift spare parts business. On the mezzanine floor, authorities found the body of a woman, named as Ms. Koi (alias), aged 46. She was fatally trapped by the head between the lift and the wall.

 

Initial police enquiries revealed that people typically used the lift to transport goods. While Ms. Koi and a male colleague were using the lift from the second to the first floor, it malfunctioned. Her colleague managed to climb to safety, but Ms. Koi was tragically caught as she attempted to escape, reported Thai Rath.

 

The authorities will perform an autopsy at the Police Hospital before releasing the body to her family for funeral rites.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Thai Rath 2025-07-19

 

 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Her colleague managed to climb to safety, but Ms. Koi was tragically caught as she attempted to escape, reported Thai Rath.

And the safety measures were ?

32 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

And the safety measures were ?

Lacking.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

And the safety measures were ?

As far as I understood she used the forklift, then there can be no question of safety rules if you use such a device to go up or down a floor.

13 hours ago, webfact said:

lost her life after being trapped by a malfunctioning lift.

At first I wondered how someone was trapped by an elevator.

I was trapped in a lift for hours in 1967 at Toronto Airport.  I was alone as my family had gone.  It was quite frightening for a while. I was 14 years old.

These open lifts....if that's what it was, were quite common at one time.....God only knows how they were allowed.

 

I got stuck between two floors in a hotel in Brussels.....waited a while then climbed out......how stupid can you get? (rhetorical)

trying not to picture that

A tragic reminder. If you are stuck in a lift, wait for rescue to extract you.

On 7/19/2025 at 2:01 PM, hotchilli said:

And the safety measures were ?

 

Not being furkin stupid and trying to climb up the lift shaft. Or being lazy and using the lift/elevator for a one floor trip