5 Year Old Traps Hand In Cheese Grinder At Central Pattaya Restaurant

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5 year old traps hand in cheese grinder at Central Pattaya Restaurant

PATTAYA: -- A 5 year old boy was rushed to Hospital on Wednesday evening after he placed his hand in a Cheese Grinder at a Scandinavian Restaurant. The boy aged 5 and nephew of the restaurant owner, was taken to the Pattaya Memorial Hospital with part of the Cheese Grinder so medical staff could remove his hand from the machine in a controlled manner. Khun Bootpar aged 45, the owner of the Globetrotter Restaurant and Hotel in Soi 7 off Pattaya Beach Road, explained that her nephew was inside the kitchen and out of curiosity, approached the machine and in a split second placed his hand inside. The boy screamed in pain and thanks to quick-thinking staff, the machine was turned off and rescue workers were called to assist in taking the boy to Hospital

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-- Pattaya One 2012-01-19

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[msg362]

In real countries this is so simple to prevent. It's called a guard and any business responsible for letting this happen would be prosecuted. Now what do you think will happen here in Thailand?

[WarpSpeed]

In real countries this is so simple to prevent. It's called a guard and any business responsible for letting this happen would be prosecuted. Now what do you think will happen here in Thailand?

Come on? Accidents happen in EVERY country, having said that though, a child that age should have never been in a dangerous area like a kitchen let alone a commercial one they just aren't built for children.. In spite of the fact that a child that age shouldn't have been in there in the first place, the "guard" was there in the form of the adults present unfortunately they weren't paying enough attention obviously..

Edited January 19, 2012 by WarpSpeed

[richard_smith237]

In real countries this is so simple to prevent. It's called a guard and any business responsible for letting this happen would be prosecuted. Now what do you think will happen here in Thailand?

This is simply not true.

A lady in my town lost her arm to mincer in a butchers shop.

A 16 year old boy nearly lost his hand to a mincer if it was not for his quick reactions to turn off the machine…

Both events occurred within 10 kms of each other in the UK…

Incidents such as these while easily preventable occur anywhere and any comment to the contrary is simply unnecessarily negative to Thailand.

The issue here is an unsupervised 5 year old, who could run out into the road, electrocute themselves, trap their fingers in a cupboard, pour hot coffee over themselves etc…

More often than not the only difference between news such as this and nothing happening is simply luck.

[msg362]

In real countries this is so simple to prevent. It's called a guard and any business responsible for letting this happen would be prosecuted. Now what do you think will happen here in Thailand?

Come on? Accidents happen in EVERY country, having said that though, a child that age should have never been in a dangerous area like a kitchen let alone a commercial one they just aren't built for children.. In spite of the fact that a child that age shouldn't have been in there in the first place, the "guard" was there in the form of the adults present unfortunately they weren't paying enough attention obviously..

You are talking rubbish, a meat grinder can have a guard and do in civilised countries

[msg362]

In real countries this is so simple to prevent. It's called a guard and any business responsible for letting this happen would be prosecuted. Now what do you think will happen here in Thailand?

This is simply not true.

A lady in my town lost her arm to mincer in a butchers shop.

A 16 year old boy nearly lost his hand to a mincer if it was not for his quick reactions to turn off the machine…

Both events occurred within 10 kms of each other in the UK…

Incidents such as these while easily preventable occur anywhere and any comment to the contrary is simply unnecessarily negative to Thailand.

The issue here is an unsupervised 5 year old, who could run out into the road, electrocute themselves, trap their fingers in a cupboard, pour hot coffee over themselves etc…

More often than not the only difference between news such as this and nothing happening is simply luck.

But what happened to the business in which this happened? The chances are they were prosecuted. Any irresponsible employer can remove guards, I know I inspected them! but it's against the law and there are heavy fines. Not so here.

[WarpSpeed]

In real countries this is so simple to prevent. It's called a guard and any business responsible for letting this happen would be prosecuted. Now what do you think will happen here in Thailand?

Come on? Accidents happen in EVERY country, having said that though, a child that age should have never been in a dangerous area like a kitchen let alone a commercial one they just aren't built for children.. In spite of the fact that a child that age shouldn't have been in there in the first place, the "guard" was there in the form of the adults present unfortunately they weren't paying enough attention obviously..

You are talking rubbish, a meat grinder can have a guard and do in civilised countries

To quote you "your talking rubbish", they have guards for ADULTS to prevent injuries when they use the equipment to protect them from themselves not intended to protect children from harm in a place they shouldn't be in unsupervised in the first place..

Here's a source for your edification seems that even in Britain they have a ton of preventable accidents and the home kitchen is top of the list for those let alone a commercial kitchen, they are dangerous places for anyone let alone an improperly supervised 5 year old..

Pay special attention to the stats for children aged 5-14 where 1 in 60 having accidents..

http://www.hassandla...eports/1999.pdf

For your immediate info reference page #29

Edited January 22, 2012 by WarpSpeed