18 year old technician electrocuted at East Pattaya House

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18 year old technician electrocuted at East Pattaya House



PATTAYA: -- An 18 year old technician later died in Hospital after he came into contact with live power cables as he installed lighting in a second floor ceiling of a two-storey house in East Pattaya on Tuesday afternoon.

Medics rushed to the house situated inside the Chockchai Garden Home 4 Estate in Soi Kao Noi and attended to Khun Witsanu, who had been taken downstairs by work colleagues, where they awaited the arrival of the emergency services.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/170284/18-year-old-technician-electrocuted-at-east-pattaya-house/


-- Pattaya One 2015-02-11

[Mango Bob]

I never see them turn off the power before doing this type of work. Of course he wasn't trained properly just some low paid labor.

[irishsmile]

RIP young man, very sad

[ExPratt]

They know what they are supposed to do , they just can't be arsed to go and turn the mains on an off, Same in every Asian country I've worked in , Its a bit of a Bravado thing as well

[meatboy]

i wonder who taught him the basic no.one rule? TURN OFF THE POWER.

POOR KID someone's lost a son who was trying to make a life for himself.

the past month or two i have seen some of the so called electrical work in our moo-ban.

the forman or whoever in charge should be??????????????????????????????

[chooka]

At eighteen he wouldn't have even been qualified to carry out such work. A basic apprenticeship is 4 years before you are licenced and accredited.

[uel1968]

He was a bright spark!!!!

Joking at the tragic lost to anyone's life is sick.

Common sense tells you not to mess around with electricity,he was 18 years old,not 8!!!

[condemnation]

Technician is a loosely thrown around word in Thailand.

[jacko45k]

At eighteen he wouldn't have even been qualified to carry out such work. A basic apprenticeship is 4 years before you are licenced and accredited.

What this has to do with a Thai 'electrician' I fail to see.

[Pomthai]

RIP.

A 220V belt from a lighting circuit shouldn't be life ending. Basic CPR training until the arrival of an ambulance with a defibrillator probably would have saved the lad. Moving him down stairs and waiting is not what should have happened.

[chooka]

At eighteen he wouldn't have even been qualified to carry out such work. A basic apprenticeship is 4 years before you are licenced and accredited.

What this has to do with a Thai 'electrician' I fail to see.

He was Thai and working as an electrician, that is what it has to do with thai electrician. I am saying he was probably an unqualified electrician.

[Rimmer]

Troll and off topic posts removed

[fabphil]

At eighteen he wouldn't have even been qualified to carry out such work. A basic apprenticeship is 4 years before you are licenced and accredited.

What this has to do with a Thai 'electrician' I fail to see.

He was Thai and working as an electrician, that is what it has to do with thai electrician. I am saying he was probably an unqualified electrician.

I doubt theres any sought of apprenticeship as we know it in Thailand..

[colinneil]

Technician at 18 !! no way just another Thai boy thinking i am an expert.

Sad fact but hey T.I.T.

Rest in peace young man condolences to his family.

[chooka]

At eighteen he wouldn't have even been qualified to carry out such work. A basic apprenticeship is 4 years before you are licenced and accredited.

What this has to do with a Thai 'electrician' I fail to see.

He was Thai and working as an electrician, that is what it has to do with thai electrician. I am saying he was probably an unqualified electrician.

I doubt theres any sought of apprenticeship as we know it in Thailand..

Actually they do, well in chiangmai. My neighbour is a teacher at a trade school and a qualified electrician, he has even worked in the mines in Western Australia. He teaches young electricians both in school and takes them out on sites.

[jacko45k]

At eighteen he wouldn't have even been qualified to carry out such work. A basic apprenticeship is 4 years before you are licenced and accredited.

What this has to do with a Thai 'electrician' I fail to see.

He was Thai and working as an electrician, that is what it has to do with thai electrician. I am saying he was probably an unqualified electrician.

Unqualified to work where?

What qualifications in Thailand are required.

[Kerryd]

Had a guy fixing a faulty (main) circuit breaker in my house a couple weeks ago. He was very (very) gingerly trying to pull the live wires out of the breaker, tape the ends and then twist them out of the way so he could get to the next one. I asked him why he didn't just disconnect the main power at the pole where the meter is.

He said "no problem - I am careful".

Seriously, barefoot on a metal ladder with a pair of rubber-handled pliers in one hand and a roll of electrical tape in the other. I was ready to start dialing for an ambulance and thinking about first aid procedures (while standing a safe distance away). Crazy way to do things. Almost like these guys:

[KarenfromAus]

RIP YOUNG MAN

Interestingly, I asked my dad's wife the other day, if, as a government employee, she was taught CPR or a basic first aid course, I also asked her friend who is a teacher, (neither of them knew what a first aid course was, or the meaning of first aid) and they said no one is taught first aid,CPR, either at work, school or anywhere, unless you are working in the medical profession. Such a shame that this is not taught, as the young man could have been saved.

[Traveling Sailor]

He was a bright spark!!!!

Joking at the tragic lost to anyone's life is sick.

Common sense tells you not to mess around with electricity,he was 18 years old,not 8!!!

Most 18 year old Thai kids have less common sense than most 8 year old European, Australian, North American or Japanese kids. It's the home life and education system. Shouldn't blame the kids.

[chooka]

RIP YOUNG MAN

Interestingly, I asked my dad's wife the other day, if, as a government employee, she was taught CPR or a basic first aid course, I also asked her friend who is a teacher, (neither of them knew what a first aid course was, or the meaning of first aid) and they said no one is taught first aid,CPR, either at work, school or anywhere, unless you are working in the medical profession. Such a shame that this is not taught, as the young man could have been saved.

Geez you won't get employed in Aust unless you have a current 1st aid cert.

[ExPratt]

I'd add , that no one can have clue what is contained in a circuit with so many add-hoc additions , so Turning the mains off would cause all sorts of issues

Forgot to say RIP in my first post. Thats no age to die

[Enoon]

He was a bright spark!!!!

Joking at the tragic lost to anyone's life is sick.

Common sense tells you not to mess around with electricity,he was 18 years old,not 8!!!

In my Western upbriging I obtained "Common Sense" about electricity from my father who, although not a qualified electrician, was a qualified engineer who knew something about electrical safety, from the excellent physics lessons I recieved at my excellent state school and from the generally distributed knowledge that flows around so freely in technologically advanced modern thinking societies. My "Common Sense " upbringing did not include belief in garden spirits or faith in amulets. Where do you suppose this Thai kid was supposed to obtain his "Common Sense"?

Edited February 11, 2015 by Enoon

[ExPratt]

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He was a bright spark!!!!

Joking at the tragic lost to anyone's life is sick.

Common sense tells you not to mess around with electricity,he was 18 years old,not 8!!!

In my Western upbriging I obtained "Common Sense" about electricity from my father, who although not a qualified electrician, was an engineer who had learned something about electrical safety and from the excellent physics lessons I received at my excellent state school. Where do you suppose this Thai kid was supposed to obtain his "Common Sense".

Actually you learn from working in different countries and through working with safety professionals ,there is no common sense and it cannot be taken into account with safety regs

[sabaii69]

He was a bright spark!!!!

Joking at the tragic lost to anyone's life is sick.

Common sense tells you not to mess around with electricity,he was 18 years old,not 8!!!

Common sense is not so common anywhere, mate Even in Utopia where you left from, right?

[Enoon]

“common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen.”

Albert Einstein (attrib)

Edited February 11, 2015 by petercool
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[balo]

At eighteen he wouldn't have even been qualified to carry out such work. A basic apprenticeship is 4 years before you are licenced and accredited.

You're in Thailand now , I doubt any electrician here has been accredited by anyone.

[balo]

I had to turn off the power myself when a technician came to replace a light switch.

[gandalf12]

This is were an institution such as the IET (UK) and the IEEE (USA) could provide assistance. Training and understanding is badly needed in Thailand

[Mudcrab]

You would be surprised how many deaths occur from electrocution in western countries - many more than you might realise.

A quick Google shows 2525 occupational (i.e. not in a domestic situation) people died between 1992 and 1999 in the USA.

More than 1 death every single day.

http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/8/4/306/T1.expansion.htm

I guess if they added in the home handyman deaths and electrocutions from faulty appliances the numbers would be much, much higher.

Edited February 11, 2015 by Mudcrab

[Rimmer]

We were always taught SIDE when messing around with any voltage

Switch off

Isolate

Dump

Earth