webfact Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Four electrocuted in hotel water treatment pond Phuket Gazette One of the workers being stretchered at Thai International Hospital. Photo: Suchat Hankij SAMUI: -- One man was killed and three others were hospitalized on Saturday night after they were electrocuted while working in a wastewater retention pond at a hotel on Koh Samui. The men were using a pump to drain water from the pond at a hotel in Baan Cherng Mon, Bo Phut, when the pump became submerged in the water, electrocuting them. Police reported that a hotel staff member spotted the unconscious men in the pond and pulled the plug on the pump. Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Four-electrocuted-hotel-water-treatment-pond/65437?desktopversion#ad-image-0 -- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2016-08-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Thais, and safety.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 copy and paste. same same. RIP. Ground wire, not needed. Circuit breaker, not needed. Ground fault indicator, not needed. The whole country is like this. Your house and condo too. Don't think so? Unless you stood there and watched them build your house, saw them drive the ground rod into the Earth and saw them hook the common Earth ground up, you are kidding yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 'Qualified' technicians who graduated from technical college under the 'No-Fail' policy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Labour is so cheap there - why no safety man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtom Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Samui Times sleeping again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey4u Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Next time USE a submersible pump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deez Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Sad thing is they have no clue why it happened.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saminoz Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Maybe the ghost of Darwin at work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newatthis Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 2 hours ago, trogers said: 'Qualified' technicians who graduated from technical college under the 'No-Fail' policy? I don't know? I'm sure some graduated in "how to use an abundance of black electrical tape." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo0 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Was this the same bophut hotel that a tourist was found dead in a pond a few months ago?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 5 hours ago, tifino said: Labour is so cheap there - why no safety man? Because labour is so cheap here...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncat1 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Thailand always first in safety ....... So they say " Safety First " But what comes second ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 52 minutes ago, Boss said: Because labour is so cheap here...... life is cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfish Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Samui.. Some poor Russian kid got zapped to death on the beach digging a hole in the sand a year back as well Sent from my SC-01D using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyarddog Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Thais look at something like this as simply bad luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 8 hours ago, clockman said: Thais, and safety.! Just how stupid can one get ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foexie Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 here we go again. Like this only can happen in Thailand. http://www.firehouse.com/news/12087729/md-mom-child-electrocuted-checking-sump-pump Again Thai pumps, electricians, .... maybe ?! OOPS NOPE it is in the US. Unbelievable i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 No proper education so what do you expect ? My dad was an electrician and he learned me a lesson or two . I will do the work myself if necessary . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4Life Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 12 hours ago, NCC1701A said: copy and paste. same same. RIP. Ground wire, not needed. Circuit breaker, not needed. Ground fault indicator, not needed. The whole country is like this. Your house and condo too. Don't think so? Unless you stood there and watched them build your house, saw them drive the ground rod into the Earth and saw them hook the common Earth ground up, you are kidding yourself. didn't "see them" do any of those things. Wired the entire house myself, installed three different earth rods and a breaker box with a main ground fault interrupter for the whole place. did this because all of the things you stated above are true for the majority of the places here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 17 hours ago, clockman said: Thais, and safety.! That's an oxymoron! Sadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimbuman Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 15 hours ago, newatthis said: I don't know? I'm sure some graduated in "how to use an abundance of black electrical tape." I've seen other colors too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 26 minutes ago, Rimbuman said: I've seen other colors too. Plus, plastic bags ,wrapped around connections. regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 21 hours ago, monkey4u said: Next time USE a submersible pump Its not even advisable,to go into the water when using a submersible pump, regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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