One dead as dump truck flattens pick-up at northern Thai mine


Image: Daily News

LAMPANG: -- One man died and two people were seriously injured when a large dump truck flattened a pick-up truck at a Lampang lignite mine Wednesday.

Mae Moh police and rescue workers called to the mine found an Isuzu D-Max pick-up spliced in two under a dump truck. One man, Chawalit Wangchawa, 43, was dead. Wirasak Ngandee, 49, and Somsak Jintawong,50, had serious injuries and after treatment at Mae Moh Hospital were transferred to Lampang Hospital. All three men were employees of Metrocat who were at the mine on business connected to the repair of dump trucks reported Daily News.

Police said that initial investigations showed that the driver of the truck had not been able to see the pick-up and had flattened it. Further investigations will take place to discover the exact cause of the accident.

Source: Daily News


-- 2016-05-26

First rule of driving oversized or large trucks, etc.

Driver does a walk around before getting into driver seat.

Second rule

Driver never backs up without some behind guiding him

First rule of driving oversized or large trucks, etc.

Driver does a walk around before getting into driver seat.

Second rule

Driver never backs up without some behind guiding him

RIDICULOUS STATEMENTS --- You have obviously never worked or grasped the regulations with regards to these vehicles on a HEAVY mining site. Very similar to International airports where small vehicles and personnel do not run around 'willy nilly' near Jumbo Aircraft.

Normally at mines you need to go through a training course and pass it before you can drive any vehicle inside the mine working area. I had to take my tests before I could drive into the Oil sands mining area in Canada.

Obviously here in Thailand it is a "go where you want" attitude and now they have the result of it

On any site where large dumptrucks are operating,it is common knowledge that the haulroad and the working areas belong to the dumptrucks.Any person be it in charge or whatever must make their presence known by radio.They must not ever park in the loading area,and never on the blind side of the dumptruck driver.This applies in our countries,but we are here in Thailand,need i say any more.RIP to the dead.

I've seen a pickup reduced to about a foot high by a dump truck back in the 1960's. Obviously a safety failure, separation needed.

Shocking photos on the Daily News site. The guys crushed inside had their orange coveralls on and were probably mechanics from MetroCat. Agree with the statements that the onus is on conventional vehicles to have restricted access. Maybe the lads were having smoko in the truck when this monster ran over them.

The cat personel should never have been allowed in the traffic area by those in charge, without all equiptment operators being told they were coming / or were there and to watch out for their safety. They were probably on their way to the vehicle they were to work on and were not looking for traffic, but that is a guess, they may have been parked behind the unit that ran over them. Just another avoidable accident if safety rules and common sense had been used.

Very similar to International airports where small vehicles and personnel do not run around 'willy nilly' near Jumbo Aircraft.

Indeed.

Even in China small vehicles know to get Da Fak away from the bigger boys.

Asians in control of heavy machinery.

Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's sad.

RiP.

First rule of driving oversized or large trucks, etc.

Driver does a walk around before getting into driver seat.

Second rule

Driver never backs up without some behind guiding him

RIDICULOUS STATEMENTS --- You have obviously never worked or grasped the regulations with regards to these vehicles on a HEAVY mining site. Very similar to International airports where small vehicles and personnel do not run around 'willy nilly' near Jumbo Aircraft.

It wasn't an airport and a jumbo aircraft, it was a mine and a pickup; and they were there for business. Obviously the driver should have been aware of what was in front of the truck, and within reach of it ... next time, he could run over a mine structure.

First rule of driving oversized or large trucks, etc.

Driver does a walk around before getting into driver seat.

Second rule

Driver never backs up without some behind guiding him

RIDICULOUS STATEMENTS --- You have obviously never worked or grasped the regulations with regards to these vehicles on a HEAVY mining site. Very similar to International airports where small vehicles and personnel do not run around 'willy nilly' near Jumbo Aircraft.

Now don't be rude bdenner........ If you don't know Slapout, he may be a cannibal and he be Slapout an you bdenner

First rule of driving oversized or large trucks, etc.

Driver does a walk around before getting into driver seat.

Second rule

Driver never backs up without some behind guiding him

Third rule

After an accident always be sure to claim that you definitely performed rules 1 & 2