Phuket hotel maid dies in service lift accident

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Phuket hotel maid dies in service lift accident
Phuket Gazette


Hotel maid Jaruwan Prasit, 21, leaned into the service lift when it accidentally activated. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: -- A hotel maid died at a Phuket resort yesterday afternoon when her neck was broken by a service lift being activated while she was leaning inside, trying to retrieve a clothes iron.

Karon Police arrived at the Phuket Peach Blossom Resort in Karon to find the body of Jaruwan Prasit, 21, inside the lift shaft, lying on top of the service elevator.

“It took Ruamjai Foundation rescue workers almost two hours to recover the body,” Karon Police Deputy Superintendent Pachai Matthayan told the Phuket Gazette.

Hotel staff told police Ms Jaruwan was retrieving bed linen from the lift when the accident occurred.

“When the service lift arrived, she started unloading bedsheets, pillowcases and other stuff. She was almost finished unloading, she only had to get the iron,” one maid told the Gazette.

“While she was trying to reach the iron, the lift accidentally started going down and she was pulled down with it,” the staffer said.

“We are so sorry that we could not help her at all,” she added.

Anurak Chuaysri, Executive Assistant Manager at the resort, told the Gazette the tragedy has taken its toll on their staff.

“This has deeply saddened everyone here. The service lift has been shut down and we have contacted our elevator maintenance crew to inspect the lift and make it safe.

“We don’t want any more incidents like this, or our staff being put at risk,” Mr Anurak said.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-hotel-maid-dies-in-service-lift-accident-22792.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-11-16

[PaullyW]

My god. Lift moves with the goddamn doors open. In case anyone thought Thailand was not fully a undeveloped country.

You are not safe anywhere here.

[espinoza]

"The service lift has been shut down and we have contacted our elevator maintenance crew to inspect the lift and make it safe." Then everything is ok ?

Why did they not make it safe before ? Someone should be hanged for this.

[Dararasmi]

Horrible.

[JoeThePoster]

This was a service lift, so no chance of anyone on the inside in a hurry to press the door close button as per standard procedure.

[oneday]

Things like this just keep reinforcing the "Lip Service" Thailand gives to safety.

So sad for the lost of such a young life.

[RigPig]

Hmmmm should be impossible to happen, perhaps someone bypassed a safety because it was inconvenient or a cheap "easy" way to keep it going..... NAH that wouldn't happen...would it ?

[oldsailor35]

My god. Lift moves with the goddamn doors open. In case anyone thought Thailand was not fully a undeveloped country.

You are not safe anywhere here.

Just wait till Thailand gets its first High Speed Train.

[grumpyoldman]

Truly terrible..........

[silent]

My god. Lift moves with the goddamn doors open. In case anyone thought Thailand was not fully a undeveloped country.

You are not safe anywhere here.

Very true. Last I remember has to be12 years back this sort of occurrence happening in Canada. Had to be until they decided to come up with rules, regulations and routine maintenance schedules and

Sure enough, that was really only the under-developed parts of Toronto, where the mechanics maybe just weren't doing what they were supposed to. Or maybe somebody circumvents a safety device for one reason or another to add to an endless list, but in a way more sophisticated den of iniquity than Thailand's.

[KarenBravo]

My god. Lift moves with the goddamn doors open. In case anyone thought Thailand was not fully a undeveloped country.

You are not safe anywhere here.

Just wait till Thailand gets its first High Speed Train.

............or, the much talked about first nuclear power station.

[Torrens54]

So sad and so avoidable!

[Benmart]

A young life taken before the full blossoming. Rest in Peace Dear Lady.

May she not hear the acidic and venomous remarks that accompany her passing.

[MMarlow]

A young life taken before the full blossoming. Rest in Peace Dear Lady.

May she not hear the acidic and venomous remarks that accompany her passing.

Always a great shame when anyone loses their life but you're being a little over-dramatic, not to say imaginative, there, don't you think? Perhaps you could point out just one "acidic and venomous" remark that has been posted prior to your post.

[LivinginKata]

Inflammatory post removed

[Naroge]

"The service lift has been shut down and we have contacted our elevator maintenance crew to inspect the lift and make it safe."

Is this really according to Thai procedures? What should happen is that the police should cordon off the area around the "incident" and perform an independent evaluation what really happened, before the hotel staff together with the maintenance company get the chance to remove any "evidence".

With the present procedure no one will be held responsible, and no one will learn how to avoid such incidents in the future.

[tingtongteesood]

As usual the idiots just ignore the dangerous problems in the hope nothing bad will happen. Then when it does they say they will sort it out - I will bet this time next year it still hasn't been made any safer less dangerous than it is now....

[Benmart]

A young life taken before the full blossoming. Rest in Peace Dear Lady.

May she not hear the acidic and venomous remarks that accompany her passing.

Always a great shame when anyone loses their life but you're being a little over-dramatic, not to say imaginative, there, don't you think? Perhaps you could point out just one "acidic and venomous" remark that has been posted prior to your post.

Yes, you are correct. I was a bit over-dramatic and for that I beg pardon of the readers of this forum. The comment concerning "acidic and venomous" remarks was a bit premature. It was intended as a reference for postings not yet made, for which I also beg pardon.

Thank you for the kind reminder.

[XINLOI]

My god. Lift moves with the goddamn doors open. In case anyone thought Thailand was not fully a undeveloped country.

You are not safe anywhere here.

Just wait till Thailand gets its first High Speed Train.

Or one of five, nuke reactors...........lol

[earthpig]

Someone should be hanged for this.

Someone was.

Someone always pays a high price when society undervalues life.