Factory mezzanine collapses, killing five men

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PUBLISHED: 30 Dec 2024 at 13: 01

Rescue workers prepare to break through the fallen mezzanine floor and recover the bodies of the five dead men at Thai Yanagawa Co factory in Sri Maha Phot district, Prachin Buri, on Monday morning. (Photo supplied)
On Monday night, save workers prepare to tear through the fallen mezzanine surface and retrieve the body of the five men who had died at the Thai Yanagawa Co shop in Prachin Buri’s Sri Maha Phot area. ( Photo supplied )

Five employees were killed on Monday night when a floor ground they were moving collapsed inside a factory that manufactures auto parts in the Sri Maha Phot district.

Around 9:35 a.m. on Monday, the accident took place at the Thai Yanagawa Co. stock in the Rojana Industrial Park in tambon Tha Tum.

The large, 20 m large by 20 m long concrete floor floor, according to disaster mitigation officials, fell while being moved.

The mezzanine’s material composition tilted, and then the entire surface fell on the staff below, from a level of 2.50m.

To get the body of the five men, recovery workers were breaking through the rubble and fallen floor.