Steel Sheet Pile Crushes Worker at Dam Site
A 27-year-old construction worker was killed when a 12-meter steel sheet pile collapsed onto him at a dam project in Pathum Thani Province on July 27 after a backhoe accidentally struck it while he was changing a trailer battery.
A construction worker was fatally struck by a falling steel sheet pile on July 27 at a water retention embankment project in Khlong 13, Sala Khru Subdistrict, Nong Sua District, Pathum Thani Province. Police, hospital medical staff, and rescue volunteers responded to find the victim, identified as 27-year-old Phakaphumi, with his head crushed beneath the steel. Witness accounts indicated that while the victim was positioning a trailer to transport steel sheets from the worksite onto a truck using a backhoe and sling system to lift a 12-meter sheet pile, he entered the area to change the trailer's battery. At that moment, the backhoe struck the sheet pile resting on the truck, causing it to flip and collapse onto the worker, killing him at the scene. Police have conducted further interviews with witnesses involved in the incident to establish the full circumstances of the fatal accident.
