Electric Shock kills technician at foreigner’s house.

Police Lieutenant Girasak from Banglamung Police Station made his way to house number 64/4 in Nong Yai to investigate a fatal accident involving an Electrician working at the house. Arriving at the scene, Police inspected the body of Khun Suwat aged 30 who had fallen through a roof to the ground floor after sustaining an electric shock. The man was called in by the foreign owner of the house on Thursday Morning to check a problem with the electrics in this newly constructed house. The owner heard a loud noise at the front of the house and saw the man lying on the front porch. He had sustained a burn mark to his hand and was not breathing. Police have recorded the death as an accident after a full inspection of the body and surrounding area.

-Pattaya City News

Wednesday 29th August 2007

The fall probably killed him.

Will this change the non-existant level of electrical workmanship & safety in Thailand? I think not!

Shocking picture, sad story.

My brother in law died from electric shock in this ###### country because the safety was rubbish, i.e. some stupid prick turned a breaker on whilst he was still working on it. I cringe when I see electricians at work here, the level of incompetence is astounding. I am a qualified military engineer but in the condo where I live we have to call in a company engineer (fair enough) I always know what the problem is and both times we have called in the engineer he stood there switching the ###### water heater on and off for 5 minutes whilst looking at it. I am sure there may be good Thai electricians, but I have yet to meet one.

Electric Shock kills technician at foreigner’s house.

Police Lieutenant Girasak from Banglamung Police Station made his way to house number 64/4 in Nong Yai to investigate a fatal accident involving an Electrician working at the house. Arriving at the scene, Police inspected the body of Khun Suwat aged 30 who had fallen through a roof to the ground floor after sustaining an electric shock. The man was called in by the foreign owner of the house on Thursday Morning to check a problem with the electrics in this newly constructed house. The owner heard a loud noise at the front of the house and saw the man lying on the front porch. He had sustained a burn mark to his hand and was not breathing. Police have recorded the death as an accident after a full inspection of the body and surrounding area.

-Pattaya City News

Wednesday 29th August 2007

The jolt knocked the safety boots off his feet, the safety gloves off his hands and the hard hat off his head!

Most of the constructon business here is a joke that kills hundreds every year, if not thousands, including tourists. Our 4 year old project is now riddled with dozens of square concrete drain covers caving in. Some are cracked, some are hanging by the re-bar only, while others are left wide open. One drain was fixed by applying striped yellow and black adhesive tape around it on the road instead of putting in a new cover.

Our house was inspected by a man with a clipboard who thought the outside was simply perrrrrfect! He never asked to see the inside.

Electric Shock kills technician at foreigner's house.

Police Lieutenant Girasak from Banglamung Police Station made his way to house number 64/4 in Nong Yai to investigate a fatal accident involving an Electrician working at the house. Arriving at the scene, Police inspected the body of Khun Suwat aged 30 who had fallen through a roof to the ground floor after sustaining an electric shock. The man was called in by the foreign owner of the house on Thursday Morning to check a problem with the electrics in this newly constructed house. The owner heard a loud noise at the front of the house and saw the man lying on the front porch. He had sustained a burn mark to his hand and was not breathing. Police have recorded the death as an accident after a full inspection of the body and surrounding area.

-Pattaya City News

Wednesday 29th August 2007

The jolt knocked the safety boots off his feet, the safety gloves off his hands and the hard hat off his head!

Most of the constructon business here is a joke that kills hundreds every year, if not thousands, including tourists. Our 4 year old project is now riddled with dozens of square concrete drain covers caving in. Some are cracked, some are hanging by the re-bar only, while others are left wide open. One drain was fixed by applying striped yellow and black adhesive tape around it on the road instead of putting in a new cover.

Our house was inspected by a man with a clipboard who thought the outside was simply perrrrrfect! He never asked to see the inside.

Jeez, sometimes it is hard to know whether to laugh or cry.

My brother in law died from electric shock in this ###### country because the safety was rubbish, i.e. some stupid prick turned a breaker on whilst he was still working on it. I cringe when I see electricians at work here, the level of incompetence is astounding. I am a qualified military engineer but in the condo where I live we have to call in a company engineer (fair enough) I always know what the problem is and both times we have called in the engineer he stood there switching the ###### water heater on and off for 5 minutes whilst looking at it. I am sure there may be good Thai electricians, but I have yet to meet one.

If you haven't already done so, read this topic. Some people there seem to think that everything electrical is 'hunky dory' here in Thailand.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=113749