Technician dies after fall from wind turbine in Wyoming
2025Published 28 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor
- Where
- Wind farm in Wyoming, United States
- What
- Technician died after fall from wind turbine
- Injuries
- One technician died
- Cause
- Not reported
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What happened
A wind turbine technician is reported to have fallen to his death from a turbine while working at a wind farm in Wyoming, in the United States. The source does not name the wind farm, the date of the fall, or the circumstances.
Contributing factors
Not reported.
Lessons learned
- Work at height on a wind turbine needs a fall-arrest system that is attached before a worker leaves a protected platform.
- A rescue plan for a person suspended from a turbine should be in place before the task starts.
- After a fatal fall, the task, harness use and conditions should be recorded so the cause can be established.
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Not yet known
- Site name and operator
- Cause of the fall
- Turbine model and age
- Downtime and repair cost
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Published 2026-09-28. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.
