2 persons electrified while fixing a wind turbine

2 persons electrified while fixing a wind turbine

What happened?   In Fontenelle Montby, an overpressure during a maintenance work on a wind turbine has caused an electric arc. 2 technicians were injured. One of them has been electrified and has minor injuries. The other one got tinnitus because of this...
Wind Farm Vessel Collision Leaves Fifteen Injured

Wind Farm Vessel Collision Leaves Fifteen Injured

A wind farm supply vessel and a cargo ship collided in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday leaving 15 injured. The Cyprus-flagged 80-meter general cargo ship Raba collided with Denmark-flagged 31-meter wind farm supply vessel World Bora near Rügen Island, about three nautical...
Diver Fatality During Subsea Lifting Operations 1/2

Diver Fatality During Subsea Lifting Operations 1/2

Note: This incident is still under investigation. What happened? During the removal of a spool at 172msw, divers were engaged in lift bag operations to relocate the spool to a wet store location. During the operation a series of events occurred, which resulted in one...
Diver Fatality During Subsea Lifting Operations 1/2

Diver Fatality During Subsea Lifting Operations 2/2

Subsequent events resulted in the diver’s umbilical being trapped between the spool and a seabed structure, which resulted in the diver losing his primary breathing gas supply. His secondary life support (SLS) was deployed and seems to have operated correctly, however...