One man dies, five injured in Phuket construction site landslide

[Lite Beer]

One man dies, five injured in Phuket construction site landslide
Eakkapop Thongtub

The landslide killed one man and injured another five.

PHUKET: One Burmese worker died and five others injured, one seriously, when they were trapped under a landslide that occurred while they were working at the Patong Bay hill construction site today (June13).

At 11am, Kusoldharm rescue workers were call to an incident at a construction site on 50 Year Rd in Patong where a large landslide had crushed six Burmese workers.

Rescue worker said that they had found the body of a 20-year-old man, name withheld until his family have been notified, and five men still alive.

The five were taken to Patong Hospital. However, one man was transferred to Vachira Hospital due to the severity of his injuries.

Police are currently investigating the incident. More details to follow.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/one-man-dies-five-injured-in-phuket-construction-site-landslide-52766.php

-- Phuket News 2015-06-13

[AliBali]

How cheap is construction worker's life in Thailand ? Safety signs are a joke.

[jpinx]

Sorry for the injured and families of all involved. Is this the same site as was frantically building a wall to try to protect houses below the construction site? I'm no fan of the overkill of EU HSE standards, but some basic understanding of civil engineering would go a long way

Edited June 13, 2015 by jpinx

[gandalf12]

How cheap is construction worker's life in Thailand ? Safety signs are a joke.

Safety on a Thai construction site, now that is a new concept

[robertthebruce]

Like I have said in many a posting, Safety in any shape or form in Thailand is non existent.....

Sad really, but they never learn... Hence the reason situations like this keeps occurring....

Poor guy...

[Jimlove]

Sorry for the injured and families of all involved. Is this the same site as was frantically building a wall to try to protect houses below the construction site? I'm no fan of the overkill of EU HSE standards, but some basic understanding of civil engineering would go a long way

Yes its the same Building site. People warned at that time that a landslide would take Down the wall they put up to protect the Buildings "under" the site.

The Building Company didnt have any permit to build but guess thats just a minor incident, like the Bungee Jump killing.

So 1 burmese worker killed and 5 seriously injured - nothing will happen about that for sure and the Patong Mayor is still smiling all the way to the Bank ...

[jackanapes]

another problem in Phuket obviously somebody had not done their homework or this wouldn't have happened .

[DrDave]

Sorry for the injured and families of all involved. Is this the same site as was frantically building a wall to try to protect houses below the construction site? I'm no fan of the overkill of EU HSE standards, but some basic understanding of civil engineering would go a long way

Yes its the same Building site. People warned at that time that a landslide would take Down the wall they put up to protect the Buildings "under" the site.

The Building Company didnt have any permit to build but guess thats just a minor incident, like the Bungee Jump killing.

So 1 burmese worker killed and 5 seriously injured - nothing will happen about that for sure and the Patong Mayor is still smiling all the way to the Bank ...

I think the site that user jpinx was referring to is Phanason Park on Nanai Rd. There was a thread here recently about the wall erected to protect the houses below being too flimsy.

I've personally seen the cable and/or straps snap on the big crane they're using at Patong Bay Hill twice now, dropping the load unexpectedly from a height of 10-15 meters. Luckily, both times nobody was standing underneath (like they usually do), as they would have been killed.

As for the comment about the Mayor smiling all the way to the bank, it was the previous (and now deceased) mayor who is (was) the developer of this project, although he always claimed that there was no conflict of interest since his son was running the project - yeah, right.

[espinoza]

Safety First!!!! Ha, ha, ha 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 Thailand rules!!!!!!!

[espinoza]

The poor mans employer, doe he have to go to jail for 20 years at least?

[Lite Beer]

Worker killed in landslide
The Sunday Nation

PHUKET: -- One Myanmar worker was killed and five others wounded when a landslide hit a hotel construction site in the Patong area of Phuket's Kathu district yesterday.

The morning landslide reportedly occurred after heavy rainfall in the area throughout Friday night. The deceased worker was identified as Sat Lai, 20.

Four out of the five wounded workers were later discharged but one remained at Patong Hospital.

Construction project executive Anupong Muttaraid affirmed that all the workers at the site had obtained proper documents. He said the project would cover medical costs and compensate the workers, while also discussing with the contractor about measures to prevent re-occurrence.

Patong Mayor Chalermlak Kepsap said the project construction was currently suspended pending investigation into this landslide incident.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Worker-killed-in-landslide-30262276.html

-- The Nation 2015-06-14

[steelepulse]

Sorry for the injured and families of all involved. Is this the same site as was frantically building a wall to try to protect houses below the construction site? I'm no fan of the overkill of EU HSE standards, but some basic understanding of civil engineering would go a long way

Yes its the same Building site. People warned at that time that a landslide would take Down the wall they put up to protect the Buildings "under" the site.

The Building Company didnt have any permit to build but guess thats just a minor incident, like the Bungee Jump killing.

So 1 burmese worker killed and 5 seriously injured - nothing will happen about that for sure and the Patong Mayor is still smiling all the way to the Bank ...

I think the site that user jpinx was referring to is Phanason Park on Nanai Rd. There was a thread here recently about the wall erected to protect the houses below being too flimsy.

I've personally seen the cable and/or straps snap on the big crane they're using at Patong Bay Hill twice now, dropping the load unexpectedly from a height of 10-15 meters. Luckily, both times nobody was standing underneath (like they usually do), as they would have been killed.

As for the comment about the Mayor smiling all the way to the bank, it was the previous (and now deceased) mayor who is (was) the developer of this project, although he always claimed that there was no conflict of interest since his son was running the project - yeah, right.

Another fine Keesin project. Did they ever get their Bay Garden hotel moved back off the beach after their bogus claims of sand eroding after the Tsunami? This family is a piece of work...............

[DrDave]

I think the site that user jpinx was referring to is Phanason Park on Nanai Rd. There was a thread here recently about the wall erected to protect the houses below being too flimsy.

I've personally seen the cable and/or straps snap on the big crane they're using at Patong Bay Hill twice now, dropping the load unexpectedly from a height of 10-15 meters. Luckily, both times nobody was standing underneath (like they usually do), as they would have been killed.

As for the comment about the Mayor smiling all the way to the bank, it was the previous (and now deceased) mayor who is (was) the developer of this project, although he always claimed that there was no conflict of interest since his son was running the project - yeah, right.

Another fine Keesin project. Did they ever get their Bay Garden hotel moved back off the beach after their bogus claims of sand eroding after the Tsunami? This family is a piece of work...............

Yes - it looks like they finally backed down and removed all of their equipment that was encroaching on the beach.

Not sure when it was removed, but for a long time, it was a strange sight walking along the beach seeing where all of the other establishments had complied with orders to back off the beach, except for the Patong Bay Garden whose encroachment stuck out like a sore thumb.

[Oziex1]

Clueless and driven by greed .

Sad and unnecessary loss of life.

[jackanapes]

it certainly looks a very messy site and the so called protective wall looks very insecure if there is a site manager I don't think he knows his job .