Emergency workers and a unit of the Sawang Boriboon Rescue Foundation rushed to give assistance at an East Pattaya construction site after reports came in of a mud slide and injured and trapped workers. At the scene at the site of Chockchai Condominium 2 off Soi Kao Noi in East Pattaya the situation was less severe than was first thought.
Workers had been digging a hole to make way for a projected artificial lake. The pond was to be 10 meters wide and 3 meters deep. Due to recent heavy rains and probably a lack of shoring one of the walls collapsed on to a worker standing below. Khun Nalit aged 45 and a team of workers were working inside the hole but he was closest to the side and was struck by falling debris. His mates managed to drag him out quickly from under the collapsed soil bank
He was given first aid at the scene and then taken to Hospital with a suspected broken arm for further treatment.
