This was the death-defying moment a Thai workman was seen fixing an air conditioning unit while balancing on a narrow ledge this morning at 10 am local time (September 11).

The building was a hotel in the resort town of Patong in the province of Phuket, in the south of the country.

The filmer, who lives locally, said: "This happens on a regular basis. There appears to be no kind of safety law - or if there is it's blatantly ignored."

He later added: "That guy is seven floors up and one mistake is almost certain death, yet they do it three or four times a week."

I live opposite this hotel in Patong, and this happens on a regular basis. There appears to be no kind of safety law, or if there is it's blatantly ignored. That guy is seven floors up, and one mistake is almost certain death, yet they do it three/four times a week.