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Five killed during Sinovel 5MW installation
The ceremony, to commemorate the installation of the turbine, was disrupted when the arm of the 1,000-ton crane, toppled and fell down suddenly in a trial operation to lift a wind turbine.
October 11, 2011
by Wu Qi
in Windpower Monthly
CHINA: Five people, including a Communist Party official, were killed last night after a crawler crane toppled while a Sinovel 5MW turbine was being erected.
The ceremony, to commemorate the installation of the turbine, was disrupted when the arm of the 1,000-ton crane, toppled and fell down suddenly in a trial operation to lift a wind turbine.
Five people were killed after being crushed beneath the crane. They included Yu Yongdong, Chinese Communist Party secretary of the Jiuquan industrial park (the main official for the industrial park), Jia Ping, director of the Jiuquan Industrial Park management committee, and Liang Feiyan, deputy... [continue via Web link]
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