Union says it’s ‘extremely frustrated and angry’ after worker dies from wind turbine crush
A man has died after being crushed beneath a wind turbine blade in Victoria’s west, two weeks after the Australian Workers Union says it met the site’s management to sound the alarm on serious safety concerns.
Man killed after being crushed by wind turbine at Golden Plains Wind Farm in Rokewood, Victoria
A man has died after being crushed by a wind turbine blade at the Golden Plains Wind Farm construction site in western Victoria.
Safety concerns raised before worker killed by fallen turbine blade at Victorian wind farm
A worker has been crushed to death by a wind farm turbine blade in Australia just weeks after unions claim they raised safety concerns. The man was working at Golden Plains Wind Farm in Rokewood, west of Melbourne, when he was crushed by the rotor blade on ...
Worker dies after being crushed at wind farm in Victoria’s west
WorkSafe is investigating after a man was crushed beneath a wind turbine blade at Golden Plains Wind Farm early Monday morning.
Man crushed to death by falling fan blade at Australian wind farm
A worker was crushed by a fan blade at Australia’s largest wind farm in west of Melbourne, police said. The accident happened on Monday morning in Victoria’s west at about 8am local time during the second stage of construction at the Golden Plains Wind Farm.
Unions slam wind farm’s safety after blade kills worker
The Danish company building a huge wind farm where a worker was crushed and killed by a turbine blade says safety is its number one priority.
Worker killed by wind turbine blade in Victoria
A worker has died after being crushed by the blade of a wind turbine in regional Victoria. The incident unfolded at the Golden Plains Wind Farm in Rokewood. It is understood the wind turbine was under construction.
Person feared dead in wind turbine incident in Victoria's west
There are fears a person has died following an industrial incident at a wind farm in Victoria's west. Emergency services responded to the incident in Rokewood about 8.15am. It's understood the incident involved a person injured by a wind turbine blade.
Worker crushed in fatal incident at wind farm in Rokewood, west of Geelong
Investigations have begun after a worker died in an incident at a wind farm construction project at Rokewood, west of Geelong in Victoria.
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Union accuses wind turbine company of failing to address safety warnings ahead of horror death at Golden Plains Wind Farm
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Worker killed at Southern Hemisphere's largest wind farm project
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Engineers design innovative 25 MW rotors to keep pace with wind turbine growth
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New York's rules on turbine transportation are blowing its climate goals out of reach
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Researchers develop promising solution to major issue impacting wind turbine technology: 'This allowed us to achieve better performance'
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