Woman Seller Dies from Coconut Machine Shock

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 2:42 am

Cambodia News, Prey Veng: At 11:35 a.m. on October 5, 2020, at a house in Trea Market, Prey Meas Village, Angkor Reach Commune, Preah Sdach District, Prey Veng Province, a woman vegetable seller was fatally electrocuted.

The victim was identified as a 24-year-old woman who was living with her husband and two young children in the upper commune.

Cause of death : Touching the motor with a wet coconut, (that was in touch with water), caused the electric shock to the woman who died soon after.

After the incident, the police arrived for a post mortem examination, and the body was given over to the family for funeral rites. RIP.

DaveG · Post by **DaveG** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:14 pm

Amazing... Just a simple plug in RCD breaker on this machine would have saved her life, about 5 quid

Doc67 · Post by **Doc67** » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:09 am

DaveG wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:14 pm Amazing... Just a simple plug in RCD breaker on this machine would have saved her life, about 5 quid

Do they still work even though nothing here is earthed? Or will they just trip endlessly, especially with all the cheap and nasty Chinese crap sold here?

Jerry Atrick · Post by **Jerry Atrick** » Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:56 am

^Yes, they work fine.

newkidontheblock · Post by **newkidontheblock** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:43 pm

Doc67 wrote:
DaveG wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:14 pm Amazing... Just a simple plug in RCD breaker on this machine would have saved her life, about 5 quid
Do they still work even though nothing here is earthed? Or will they just trip endlessly, especially with all the cheap and nasty Chinese crap sold here?

I suspect there was an RCD breaker at some point. It probably kept tripping (and stopping the machine) and was most likely removed.

Khmer often believe more in Karma than in safety. If it’s their time to die, they will die no matter what. If it isn’t their time to die, they cannot die.