Boy Electrocuted after pee-ing on transformer

[Watwheels]

 

Looks like a toilet for sure.

 

We are looking at China's work safety standards. Same as toilet standards.

[RadX]

 

Looks like a toilet for sure.

 

We are looking at China's work safety standards. Same as toilet standards.

 

 

logical.

[Sabian]

We shd put a few (low votage, like those used in animal pens) in the open areas in SG where certain type of tourists like to pee.

[Eyke]

electrocuted == dead

 

there is no such thing as "near-fatal electrocution".

 

signs to indicate that it is a electrical substation and to stay clear, in Sg, all got high walls with barbed wire on top.

[Pinobii]

At least in SG, safety is highly regarded

[RadX]

At least in SG, safety is highly regarded

 

 

yes, by the authorities, however the follow through by the contractors, well, you know.....although safety checks ARE MANDATORY at the end

[Sp4wn]

while i will refrain from joking about the kid (still a kid, after all) ... it's also the municipality / town's issue - most of our substations are fenced up and clearly indicated. not so, in this case. we can all say the father should have gone with him, bla bla bla. hindsight is always 20/20.

 

of course, the kid could have thought it would have been funny to vandalize the box by peeing on it (just my own assumption here), but ultimately, at 7, most of us were bloody idiots anyway.

 

either way, RIP. not a good way to go regardless.

[RadX]

while i will refrain from joking about the kid (still a kid, after all) ... it's also the municipality / town's issue - most of our substations are fenced up and clearly indicated. not so, in this case. we can all say the father should have gone with him, bla bla bla. hindsight is always 20/20.

 

of course, the kid could have thought it would have been funny to vandalize the box by peeing on it (just my own assumption here), but ultimately, at 7, most of us were bloody idiots anyway.

 

either way, RIP. not a good way to go regardless.

 

 

and some at 17 become bigger idiots.....

[Vid]

while i will refrain from joking about the kid (still a kid, after all) ... it's also the municipality / town's issue - most of our substations are fenced up and clearly indicated. not so, in this case. we can all say the father should have gone with him, bla bla bla. hindsight is always 20/20.

 

of course, the kid could have thought it would have been funny to vandalize the box by peeing on it (just my own assumption here), but ultimately, at 7, most of us were bloody idiots anyway.

 

either way, RIP. not a good way to go regardless.

 

It would have been better for him to go... but he didn't die. Badly burnt and a hand amputated.

[RadX]

 

It would have been better for him to go... but he didn't die. Badly burnt and a hand amputated.

 

 

i so agree. Harsh as it is, better if he passes on.

[Joseph22]

tbf they come from village likely not that educated.

[Kchew21]

 

 

 

to warn him of decepticons :omg

 

Autobots Transforms....

[Ktglfc]

And no! Not optimus prime!

 

 

Seven-year-old boy in China electrocuted after urinating on transformer

PUBLISHED ON MAY 19, 2015 8:51 AM

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The shed where seven-year-old Fang Haohao urinated in, which he thought was a toilet. It turned out to be a 10,000-volt electrical substation. -- PHOTO: WEIBO

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XI'AN - A boy suffered a near-fatal electrocution when he urinated on a transformer on a roadside in China's Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province.

Fang Haohao, seven, wanted to relieve himself while waiting with his parents at a bus stop and was told by his father to do so at an open space behind some hoarding, according to My Paper.

Mr Fang then heard crackling noises shortly after and saw thick smoke rising from a nearby shed, which turned out to be a 10,000-volt electrical substation.

He rushed over to discover his son lying on the floor of the shed, his whole body on fire. All the boy's hair had been burnt off and he was covered in blisters.

Haohao was rushed to a hospital, which transferred him to a better-equipped facility where his left arm was amputated. A doctor also said nearly half of the boy's body was severely burnt and that his skull was visible.

Police on the scene discovered a small warning sign on the shed but was unable to establish who owned it.

Speaking to local media, a tearful Mr Fang questioned the lack of prominent warning signs around the substation. He also asked why it was located so near a bus stop.

"We come from a village. My son must have thought it uncivilised to pee by the roadside in a city. But at his age, how could he have known that it was a substation?" he said.

Quoting a physics teacher in Xi'An, My Paper reported that urine, consisting mostly of saline, is a good conductor of electricity.

An electrical current could have flowed through the boy's stream of urine if it came into contact with the transformer, causing an electric shock.

Why do I not feel a bit sad? KArma is indeed a bitch

 

 

Pity the small boy who has to suffer ....

 

Agreed to the fact that the lack of prominent warning signs pertaining to the substation is the main cause... it could happen to anyone too... if someone were to walk nearby, there may be chances of electrocution due to exposed cables

 

Painful lesson, but hope the boy can get well....

And hope this substation can be domolish soon..

[Sp4wn]

 

It would have been better for him to go... but he didn't die. Badly burnt and a hand amputated.

 

woops sorry, for some reason i thought he passed on. brain fart.

 

 

and some at 17 become bigger idiots.....

 

27 how le? when get married? biggest idiot ah? ha ha ha ...

[RadX]

 

woops sorry, for some reason i thought he passed on. brain fart.

 

 

 

 

eh kailan, think i not busy enuf ah

[Sp4wn]

 

 

eh kailan, think i not busy enuf ah

 

eh bro, technically your biz is evergreen le. everyday also sure got biz! u cant complain

[RadX]

 

eh bro, technically your biz is evergreen le. everyday also sure got biz! u cant complain

 

 

yah lor...good times, have, bad times, have also...kekekekek

 

woops sorry, for some reason i thought he passed on. brain fart.

 

27 how le? when get married? biggest idiot ah? ha ha ha ...

 

if u referring to @joseph22, no comments

tbf they come from village likely not that educated.

 

 

din know you call @turboflat4 that

[Sp4wn]

 

 

yah lor...good times, have, bad times, have also...kekekekek

 

if u referring to @joseph22, no comments

 

 

din know you call @turboflat4 that

 

saboh kia, le you. anyhow say i scold @joseph22 ... lol

 

tbf? to be frank?

 

@turboflat4 ... i dub thee, Frank.