Fatal wind farm accident
- Safety Flash
- Published on 30 January 2013
- Generated on 25 October 2025
- IMCA SF 03/13
- 1 minute read
A fatal wind farm incident has been brought to the attention of IMCA.
What happened?
A crane operator working at an onshore wind farm site in Europe was killed when a blade dropped onto the cab during the installation of a turbine.
The turbine manufacturer noted that further updates on the accident will be provided when the root cause analysis has been carried out.
Further information is available from vertikal.net/en/news/story/16352/.
Crane cab destroyed by turbine blade landing on top of it
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