It’s past time for the wind industry to send Godzilla back to the depth of the oceans for a long sleep. That can only occur if industry sets new standards for itself.
No more poorly maintained turbines. No more abandoned wind sites. And if a site must come down, funds and a plan must be in place to clean it up. Properly.
Sayonara, Godzilla!
A worker has died after being crushed by a turbine blade at Australia’s biggest wind project, the Golden Plains wind farm in Victoria, with emergency services called to the site at Rokewood just after 8am on Monday.
Police confirmed the man was working at the wind farm on Bells Road when he was crushed beneath a “fan blade” shortly after 8am. First responders attempted to revive the man, but he was declared dead at the scene.
Accidents involving wind turbines and airplanes are few and far between, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s online database.
The crash of a small Piper aircraft destroyed in an April 27 accident when it crossed paths with the blade of a wind turbine near Highmore is only the second of its kind reported in the database. Last month’s accident is under investigation by the NTSB, a federal group that investigates all aircraft incidents.
The supervisor of an onshore wind farm construction site in Changhua County has been released on bail of NT$200,000 (US$6,260) following the death of a worker on Monday due to a CO2 leak incident, according to the Changhua District Prosecutors Office. The incident occurred on Aug. 20 at the Hai Long construction site for an offshore wind farm, resulting in one death, with two workers still in critical condition, and 14 others injured.
A worker lost his life on Friday, 28 July, in Tarifa (Cadiz) after being trapped in a wind turbine, according to the emergency services.
The event occurred at around midday, when the 112 emergency telephone operators handled a call from a worker who was trapped in the hub (the part of the machine where a shaft is supported and rotates) of a turbine, at a height of 130 metres. The turbine was located at kilometre 90 of the N-340.
Emergency services, including a helicopter ambulance, the Guardia CIvil, fire brigade and police were deployed to the scene.
The health services on the scene were only able to confirm the death of the worker. No further information has been released on how this incident occurred.
The turbine was built back in 2008 along the banks of the River Hull. Standing at an astonishing 125m, it has been a part of the Hull skyline for over 15 years.
A 23-year-old man has died after he was injured at a windfarm construction site in Shetland.
Patrick McCaffrey (37) from Rossinver, Co Leitrim died at Derrysallagh wind farm
Service provider dies after falling around 100 metres while installing Enercon turbine at a wind farm in eastern Austria
Three of the five codefendants charged with manslaughter for their alleged involvement in the death of a Chehalis man who died in January 2020 when a trench collapsed during construction of the Skookumchuck Wind Farm have filed motions asking Lewis County Superior Court to dismiss all charges against them.
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