Suction Pipe injures 3 year old Russian at East Pattaya Housing Estate



PATTAYA: -- On Tuesday afternoon, Police and medics were called to an East Pattaya Village to assist a 3 year old Russian Girl who had caught her hand inside a Suction Pipe in the Children’s Swimming Pool.

The girl was in distress but had her mother and friends around her as support as rescuers arrived and began to cut away cement to expose a PVC suction pipe in the Children’s Swimming Pool at the Baan Dusit Pattaya Park Estate in the East Pattaya area.

Source: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/138967/suction-pipe-injures-3-year-old-russian-at-east-pattaya-housing-estate/

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This isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened but nothing has been done to prevent it from happening again.

This isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened but nothing has been done to prevent it from happening again.

Surely that doesn't surprise you Mr Chooka ?

Looks like she was sucked in, I bet she won't do what again.

They couldn't even be bothered to but a grille over the end to make it safe.

 

At what cost?.... a few hundred baht expense, or the expense of a life?

 

Had that pipe been half a meter under water, the kid could have been drowned.

Six years ago a young girl in Minneapolis died resulting from having her intestines sucked out as she sat on a swimming pool drain. 

 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/03/21/girl-whose-intestines-were-partially-sucked-out-by-swimming-pool-drain-dies/

Six years ago a young girl in Minneapolis died resulting from having her intestines sucked out as she sat on a swimming pool drain. 

 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/03/21/girl-whose-intestines-were-partially-sucked-out-by-swimming-pool-drain-dies/

 

Wow, that demonstrates how much thought needs to be put into the design and maintenance of communal pools.

 

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Six years ago a young girl in Minneapolis died resulting from having her intestines sucked out as she sat on a swimming pool drain. 

 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/03/21/girl-whose-intestines-were-partially-sucked-out-by-swimming-pool-drain-dies/

 

Wow, that demonstrates how much thought needs to be put into the design and maintenance of communal pools.

 

 

 

There was an issue with poorly designed skimmer boxes (where the water is sucked from the pool into the filtration system) in Oz. The design was banned over 20 years ago, and immediate rectification ordered for all pools with that style of skimmer box.

 

As to the Thai pool design, they seem to have little or no idea how to manufacture a quality pool. The fittings are usually of the lowest quality and when damaged or removed (they look like expensive metal) the fittings and covers are often not replaced as this costs money.
 

Well shes one lucky girl. Things could have been alot worse, well done to the rescue staff ! Makes you think really were your kids are going to be safe !

What about the poor British kid who got sucked through the grill at Pattaya Park some years ago.  These pools, both private and communal need a lot more stricter regulations.  

This isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened but nothing has been done to prevent it from happening again.

 

It's happened before in the same pool?
 

They couldn't even be bothered to but a grille over the end to make it safe.

 

At what cost?.... a few hundred baht expense, or the expense of a life?

 

Had that pipe been half a meter under water, the kid could have been drowned.

 

Nobody lost their life here. 

 

Having the pipe half a meter under water probably would have been a good idea, it's unlikely that the 3 year old would have been anywhere near it and almost certainly wouldn't have been able to put her arm in it.
 

 

They couldn't even be bothered to but a grille over the end to make it safe.

 

At what cost?.... a few hundred baht expense, or the expense of a life?

 

Had that pipe been half a meter under water, the kid could have been drowned.

 

Nobody lost their life here. 

 

Having the pipe half a meter under water probably would have been a good idea, it's unlikely that the 3 year old would have been anywhere near it and almost certainly wouldn't have been able to put her arm in it.
 

 

There is no excuse for the lack of the most basic safety in this case.
Put the pipe half a meter under water - what, so she could get her leg caught, be dragged down and drown??????????

Evisceration from entrapment on a pool or spa suction line, has happened many times. In the USA, all suction lines are required to have an anti-vortex grate cover. Since 2008, commercial pools and spas also require a vacuum release system that shuts the pump off when resistance is sensed on the line. The legislation is called "The Virginia Graeme Baker Safety Act", named for the daughter of former Secretary of State James Baker, who died from entrapment on a spa drain. The suction produced at a pool's main drain is strong enough to suck the intestines out of a person/child who sits on it. The safety additions are not very expensive, and have stopped these horrific accidents in the USA. But of course, this is Thailand. I have seen public pools that have main drains exposed because the cover broke at some point and was never replaced. It gives me chills.

A very unfortunate accident, that could so easily been avoided.

But this is Thailand, and there is very little regard to safety or indeed, hygene, placed on such things as a swimming pool.

Thankfully the little child was not injured too much, and well done the rescue guys.

Looks to me like some had the multi port valve set wrong. Usually the pipe the girl got caught in should only be on suction when you want to clean the pool. That line is where you would usually plug in your pool vac. Normal filter circulation should suck from the skimmer box and largish grills on the bottom of the pool.

 

I recognised the potential for this type of accident as soon as I had my first pool in Thailand and made sure i always had removable plugs fitted to these intakes.

 

They couldn't even be bothered to but a grille over the end to make it safe.

 

At what cost?.... a few hundred baht expense, or the expense of a life?

 

Had that pipe been half a meter under water, the kid could have been drowned.

 

Nobody lost their life here. 

 

Having the pipe half a meter under water probably would have been a good idea, it's unlikely that the 3 year old would have been anywhere near it and almost certainly wouldn't have been able to put her arm in it.
 

 

Not true...with your proposed design of being underwater, a 7- year old would have found it and drowned....Preventive safeguards( grills, caps, plugs, emergency turn-offs, etc)  must be on all suction outlets and drains....

 

What should happen next won't happen as there should be mandatory inspections/compliance of all private and public swimming pools and other water type containers (hot tubs, spas, jacuzzis, etc) designed to hold humans..

 

CB