Engineering contractor fined for death at Viking wind farm
An engineering contractor has been fined £800,000 (€968,000) after 23-year-old Liam MacDonald died during the development of the Viking wind
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Man crushed to death at wind farm in Australia
A Vestas turbine blade crushed a man to death at an under-construction wind farm in Australia earlier today (11 November).
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Offshore wind death comes in sector’s busiest year yet – report
One person died as a result of an offshore wind turbine being assembled at a French construction site last November,
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UK safety body demands reforms after ‘crushed hand’ incident involving Siemens Gamesa turbine
The incident happened at the 228MW Pen y Cymoedd wind farm on 24 June, 2020, when a worker’s hand became trapped
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Updated: Man dies in ‘tragic incident’ at EDF wind project in Texas
The incident happened last Wednesday (24 April) at the 68MW Windthorst-2 project in Archer County, north Texas, according to local media
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Ocean Winds trials AI technology at floating pilot to boost offshore wind safety
The developer installed UK technology startup Zelim’s AI monitoring system – Zoe – at its 25MW WindFloat Atlantic project off Viana
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New podcast: Is safety in offshore wind a hostage to profitability?
In the sixteenth episode of the Wind Power podcast, Ian Griggs, deputy editor of Windpower Monthly, spoke to Rakesh Maharaj
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Safety improving at UK onshore wind farms despite ‘tragic’ death – report
The number of safety-related incidents at onshore wind farms in the UK decreased in 2022, according to a new report
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