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One was sent by Life Flight to Sioux City with extensive burns. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19165 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19331 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:37:12 GMT A North Dakota based construction company is facing three proposed penalties following a deadly Iowa wind farm accident last October. ..."The employer did not ensure the all terrain fork truck operators were competent and capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards." IOSHA claims Wanzek "did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19331 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19311 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:27:57 GMT A Norfolk action group has highlighted the lack of industry regulation on wind turbines by producing its own report. Campaign group 4Villages said there is a growing danger to the public from wind turbine accidents, with an increasing number of incidents worldwide involving giant turbines catching fire, losing propeller parts or shedding lumps of ice. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19311 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19246 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:41:38 GMT A 33-year-old man is recovering from a severe electric burn he sustained Tuesday afternoon while working on a wind turbine north of Dexter ...Officials believe the turbine was electrically charged when Chlan was working on it, giving the worker an electrical burn on his left arm, Amazi said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19246 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19053 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:53:00 GMT The worker is an employee of Vestas, a wind turbine manufacturer. A spokesman with that company said the incident was under investigation and details would be provided when they became available. Olavarria said the worker was outside the turbine in front of its nose when the explosion and fire occurred. It's not clear what caused the explosion or what burned, but the turbines do have lubricating oil inside, she said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19053 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19034 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:20:03 GMT An explosion and fire at a wind farm under construction in northeast Nebraska has injured three workers. One man, who was atop a tower when a turbine exploded, received first- and second-degree burns in the fire Tuesday morning. Two others, who were nearby, were treated for smoke inhalation and released. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19034 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18957 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:19:12 GMT A wind farm worker is okay following a crane accident Sunday morning. A Winnebago County Sheriff's report confirms Billy Cody was trapped in a crane at the construction site located between Forest City and Thompson. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18957 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18626 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:29:34 GMT A broadside accident occurred Wednesday in St. Cloud between an oversized-load truck carrying wind turbine parts and a minivan, resulting in one death. Millard and Shirlee Nelson of South Haven were heading north at the intersection of Highway 15 and Second Street about to turn left. ...The number-one thing MnDOT can do in wind turbine transportation is ensure the public's safety on the roads, Coulianos said. Coulianos also said for the three and a half years he's worked for MnDOT, this is the first fatality he's known involving transportation of wind turbines. "This is what we plan not to happen," Coulianos said. "This is very serious to us." http://www.windaction.org/articles/18626 http://www.windaction.org/articles/16306 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:13:23 GMT Oregon officials and Siemens Power Generation Inc. have reached settlement over safety issues in a wind turbine tower collapse that killed one worker and injured another near Wasco last year. Oregon's Occupational Safety and Health Division initially fined the company $10,500 for safety violations that led to the collapse. The company appealed the decision. On Monday, both sides reached a settlement that reduced the fine to $10,275 over technical issues. http://www.windaction.org/articles/16306 http://www.windaction.org/articles/13035 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:33:47 GMT If Eco2’s application is approved at a planning meeting on Tuesday, four 410ft turbines – amongst the tallest in Britain – will be built on farmland overlooking the village GAG spokesman Bob Slater claims the incident in Scotland last month raises serious safety issues. A 200ft high turbine bent in half in 50mph winds, leaving its blades on the ground. Mr Slater also cites an example in Germany when a 10-metre fragment of rotor blade was sent spinning 200 metres through the air. http://www.windaction.org/articles/13035 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11539 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:50:27 GMT A wind turbine tower crashed to the ground at a wind farm east of The Dalles, killing one worker and injuring another, Sherman County authorities said. Sheriff's Deputy Geremy Shull said the collapse occurred Saturday afternoon. He declined to release the names of the workers, but said the man who died was from Goldendale, Wash. The injured worker was in serious condition at a hospital in The Dalles, Shull said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/11539 http://www.windaction.org/articles/1122 Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:13:06 GMT Two contract workers who were injured at the Woolnorth Wind Farm in Tasmania's north-west, remain in intensive care in the North-West Regional Hospital at Burnie today. http://www.windaction.org/articles/1122 http://www.windaction.org/articles/841 Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:04:04 GMT BEAR CREEK TWP. – Hiking trails around Crystal Lake could be ideal for snowmobiling and cross country skiing now that Luzerne County owns the property, purchased with public money for the purpose of preservation and recreation. http://www.windaction.org/articles/841 http://www.windaction.org/articles/9922 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 03:27:58 GMT Editor's note: This short document prepared by personnel at the Wind Application Engineering Group of GE Energy provides some insight into the risks of ice throw. The content of this document confirms that ice fragments can be thrown large distances from the turbines. ]]> Editor's note: This short document prepared by personnel at the Wind Application Engineering Group of GE Energy provides some insight into the risks of ice throw. The content of this document confirms that ice fragments can be thrown large distances from the turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/9922 http://www.windaction.org/articles/106 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:00:00 GMT BBC Research & Consulting's 2005 report for the National Wind Coordinating Committee that studies 9 wind plant sitings in an effort to identify circumstances that distinguish welcomed projects from projects that were not accepted by communities. http://www.windaction.org/articles/106 http://www.windaction.org/articles/13123 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:50:35 GMT The discussion on the proposed windmills on our coast seems to have ignored the serious potential of devastating damage that these structures could cause. Although they "would be designed to withstand hurricane-force winds" it is doubtful that they could be engineered to be completely secure in a Category 3-4 or 5 hurricane or a tornado. The blades of these turbines are designed to produce optimum benefits from the wind, which means to me that if they were detached in a hurricane or tornado, they would become lethal missiles that could slice through not only nearby homes, but would pose a grave danger to the nuclear power plant facilities as well. http://www.windaction.org/articles/13123 http://www.windaction.org/articles/704 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:30:31 GMT Tony Blair has long been known to favour a resurgence of nuclear power, and no matter how the Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks tries to spin it, that is exactly what this review is all about. Greenpeace clearly recognises it, which is why it wasted no time in staging a high-profile protest. The wind industry appears to have recognised it too. For all its attempts to show a brave face yesterday and urge the review to focus on renewables, the jitters were not hard to detect. http://www.windaction.org/articles/704