News Forum - Boy suffers electric shock from claw machine in Thai mall

[Thaiger]

A six year old boy suffered an electric shock from a claw machine at a shopping mall, with initial claims attributing it to static electricity. However, further investigation revealed the issue to be an electrical leak. The incident occurred on January 13, when the boy’s mother, a member of the Facebook group We Are Consumers, … …

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[AussieBob]

 

After an hour, the boy continued to complain of pain in his hand, prompting the mother to contact the mall’s rental area department to request an electrician. Two hours later, the claw machine manager called to apologise and revealed that the mall’s electrician had confirmed an electrical leak. The mall blamed the lessee for not grounding the machine.

 

Unbelievable, but true - in Thailand so many electrical devices and appliances are not earthed because they are connected to a 2-pin power outlet.  Just like this machine installed in a Mall, I bet the power plug was 2-pins and the machine itself was roughly handled between it source and installation in the Mall.  I have seen people shaking and pushing those machines too - yet another way to get a loose live wire touching metal inside. Lucky the boy was not killed - unlike so many others that are killed in Thailand due to the endemic ignorant management of electricity here.