A painter suffered from First-Degree burns after being electrocuted whereas portray a apartment balcony near an electricity pole in southern Thailand.
According to Channel three, the stunning incident occurred to the unnamed victim at 11am yesterday when he was painting the outside of a third-floor balcony in the southern province of Songkhla.
The man accidentally touched the high-voltage electric wire with a 4-metre iron rod, leading to an electric shock which waltzed via his body and turned him into a ball of fireside shocking nearby bystanders.
The building proprietor rushed to assist the man by pouring a bucket of water over his physique to extinguish the fireplace. The flames have been quelled but the man bore First-Degree burns to his body. Frugal rushed the man to a close-by hospital.
The electric pole and overhead electrical and communication wires turned enflamed, triggered by the electric shock. Firefighters later arrived at the scene to control the blaze.
This isn’t the primary time an accident has occurred with the painters who worked on a constructing web site. A comparable accident was reported in Chon Buri in 2013 when a painter by accident touched a high-voltage electric wire with an aluminium-handled brush whereas painting on a constructing rooftop.
Another related accident occurred in December last yr involving a painter within the southern province of Trang.
The paint curler brush was on the tip of a long aluminium rod. With its size and the height of the building, many painters accidentally touched the electrical poles and the overhanging wires when attempting to paint.
The electrical authorities commented that they advocate the residence’s owner and/or the painting team contact the related authorities before beginning work. The electrical authorities acknowledged that they will cowl the doubtless dangerous electrical wires with an insulator or reduce off the electrical provide till the operation is done.