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Two workers die in fall at US wind farm

ReCharge News|Cosmo Sanderson|Feb 24, 2025
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Recharge subsequently confirmed that the project concerned is Orsted's 230MW Plum Creek equipped with GE Vernova turbines. Two workers fell from the GE Vernova wind turbine following an equipment failure. “A wind turbine maintenance crew experienced an equipment failure, which resulted in two men falling from a turbine,” it said.


The workers were pronounced dead at the scene after falling from wind turbine, said local sheriff’s office; The sheriff's office declined to confirm which wind farm the incident occurred at.

Two workers have died in a fall at a US wind farm after a maintenance crew experienced equipment failure.

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office issued a statement on its Facebook page that the incident had occurred on 22 February south of Winside, a small rural town in Nebraska.

Recharge subsequently confirmed that the project concerned is Orsted's 230MW Plum Creek equipped with GE Vernova turbines.

Two workers fell from the GE Vernova wind turbine following an equipment failure.

“A wind turbine maintenance crew experienced an equipment failure, which …

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The workers were pronounced dead at the scene after falling from wind turbine, said local sheriff’s office; The sheriff's office declined to confirm which wind farm the incident occurred at.

Two workers have died in a fall at a US wind farm after a maintenance crew experienced equipment failure.

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office issued a statement on its Facebook page that the incident had occurred on 22 February south of Winside, a small rural town in Nebraska.

Recharge subsequently confirmed that the project concerned is Orsted's 230MW Plum Creek equipped with GE Vernova turbines.

Two workers fell from the GE Vernova wind turbine following an equipment failure.

“A wind turbine maintenance crew experienced an equipment failure, which resulted in two men falling from a turbine,” it said.

“Eddy Noriega Sebinet (age 46) and Raidel Justiz Noriega (age 37) were pronounced deceased at the scene.”

The sheriff's office said it was assisted at the scene by the Winside Volunteer Fire Department.

The accident remains under investigation, said the sheriff’s office, which declined to share any further details of the incident with Recharge


Source:https://www.rechargenews.com/…

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