On Wednesday Afternoon, Khun Nigon aged 33 was rushed to Banglamung Hospital with severe burns sustained as he was erecting a sign for a local 7-Eleven Convenience Store. The incident occurred at the store located in Nong Pla Lai sub-district and according to the victim’s work colleague, Khun Nigon was installing a steal frame which would house an illuminated sign for the store and it is thought the frame came into contact with live electric cables which threw Khun Nigon to the ground. Medics tell us he is expected to make a full recovery but will require surgery on the burns.

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2010-02-11

By photos if it was the top lines 7.2k volts? Lucky maybe.

These High voltage lines are usually not insulated, but there are supposed to be small isolating 'trays' on each segment you can pull above the area you are working on.

He either

- Didn't know

- Knew but 'forgot'

- Couldn't find them because they were

- - Forgotten by the installers of the Hi-V lines

- - Not bought by the energy company to save some Baht

And yeah he was very very lucky, these cables have quite a nasty bite in them

Considering the state of the electrics in Thailand suprised there are not more cases of things like this happening

Considering the state of the electrics in Thailand suprised there are not more cases of things like this happening

My suspicion is that it happens a lot more than is reported. Companies and institutions have a stake in whether their company/institution is exposed to negative PR. A Thai college I once worked for kept an electrocution-death of a janitor hush-hush because they were concerned that ghost-fearing Thais wouldn't use the fatal accident site anymore (a classroom).

The news media never got hold of it, and things went on as normal (with the fatal electric condition--bad wiring--and dangerous employee procedures left in place, of course). TIT