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Wind (onshore) incidents
Safety incidents, near-misses and operational failures involving wind (onshore) assets, with lessons learned.
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- Wind turbine project reported as possible cause of large Parry Sound forest fire
- Wind turbine destroyed by fire at wind farm near Wynyard, England
- Wind turbine catches fire near Taft and Portland, Texas
- Wind turbine destroyed by fire, later demolished in Portland, Texas
- Blade failure reported on GE Vernova Cypress turbine at Björkvattnet wind project, Sweden
- Three workers die after carbon monoxide exposure in wind turbine foundation pit
- Worker dies after fall from turbine at Kilgallioch wind farm, Scotland
- Wind turbine tower collapses at Steele Flats Wind Farm in Nebraska
- Explosion reported before fire at Zeewolde wind farm in the Netherlands
- Wind turbine fire reported to have sparked wildfire in southern Washington state
- Wind turbine collapse at Ravne 1 wind farm near Pag, Croatia
- Worker fatally electrocuted atop turbine at Invenergy wind farm, Camp Springs, Texas
- Wind turbine fire at Beaver Creek Wind Farm in Iowa
- Vestas V150 turbine collapses at Aldermyrberget wind farm in Sweden
- Wind turbine nacelle catches fire at Windy Hill wind farm in Ravenshoe
- Wind turbine blade shatters and falls at Sumac Ridge wind farm in Ontario
- Blade failure triggers turbine collapse at Brazilian wind farm
- Wind turbine motor fire blamed for wildfire near Merkel, Texas
- Wind turbine destroyed by fire at Vietnamese wind farm
- Trench collapse at Skookumchuck wind project near Olympia kills rescuer, injures colleague
- Contractor rescued after medical emergency atop Indiana wind turbine
- Worker's hand amputated in machinery accident at Bango Wind Farm near Yass
- Wind turbine fire reported at Ohio Northern University, turbine found down next morning
- Lightning strike destroys wind turbine at rural wind farm
- Turbine tower collapses at Herkentrup wind farm in Germany
- Wind turbine blade detaches at Conisholme wind farm in Lincolnshire after bolt failure
- Vestas turbine nacelle fire at Ardrossan wind farm during storm
- Pitch system failure caused Vestas turbine collapse at Irish wind farm
- Vestas turbine collapses in high winds at Loughderryduff wind farm, Donegal
- Rotor and blades fall from turbine at Rugby wind farm, North Dakota
- Enercon E126 blade break in Germany prompts fleet-wide turbine monitoring
- Worker dies after fall from turbine at Whitelee windfarm near Glasgow
- Crane boom collapses while lifting turbine nacelle at Swedish wind farm
- Wind turbine fire damages blades and nacelle at Pubnico Point Wind Energy Center
- Wind turbine collapses at Happy Jack wind site near Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Wind turbine catches fire at Doddington wind farm after storms
- Wind turbine collapses at Butler Ridge Wind Farm in Wisconsin
- Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in Wales
- Suzlon turbine destroyed and two damaged at Amayo II wind farm, Rivas
- Nordex turbine collapses at Screggagh wind farm after blade control fault
- Wind turbine catches fire at Iberdrola wind farm in Emington, Illinois
- Turbine fire shuts down Midtfjellet wind farm in Norway
- Wind turbine nacelle destroyed by fire in Hamina, Finland
- Fire destroys single turbine at Knabs Ridge wind farm near Harrogate
- Wind turbine collapses at Point Tupper Wind Farm after hub bearing fault, Nova Scotia
- Nacelle fire and blade loss at Endeavor I wind farm, Osceola County, Iowa
- Wind turbine collapses at wind farm near Windthorst, Texas
- Gamesa turbine destroyed by fire at JFE Engineering wind farm in Chinzei
- Wind turbine head collapses at Mawson research station, Antarctica
- Wind turbine collapses at Raleigh wind farm in Chatham-Kent, Ontario
- Faulty blade blamed for wind turbine tower collapse in Ontario
- Faulty blade causes turbine collapse at Chatham-Kent wind farm
- Fire breaks out on ageing Vestas turbine in Denmark
- Worker injured as GE wind turbine collapses in Maranhao, Brazil
- Nacelle fire at Rhede wind farm prompts Enercon investigation
- Vestas investigates fourth blade failure at Iowa wind farm since 2019
- Vestas blade fails at Timber Road IV wind farm in Ohio
- Wind turbine collapses at Haltern AV9 wind park in Germany
- Worker dies after fall at Potzneusiedl IV-V wind farm, Burgenland
- Siemens Gamesa turbine collapses at Arizona wind farm in Brazil
- Wind turbine collapses at Pant-y-Wal wind farm near Gilfach Goch
- Wind turbine catches fire after lightning strike in the US
- Turbine tower collapses at Walkaway wind farm after steel crack
- Wind turbine collapses and catches fire at Colorado wind farm
- Turbine destroyed by fire at Victorian wind farm near Portland
- Worker killed by turbine blade at Golden Plains Wind Farm, Rokewood, Victoria
- Worker killed by falling turbine blade at Golden Plains wind farm in Australia
- Fatal wind turbine blade failure at Araya Seaside Park, Akita, Japan
- Arc flash fire destroys wind turbine nacelle at Maine university campus
- Wind turbine fire in Arlington, Oregon sparks 2,000-acre wildfire
- Wind turbine collapses at Chisholm View II wind farm in Oklahoma
- Wind turbine fire destroys nacelle and blade at Bulgana Green Power Hub, Victoria
- 80m turbine collapses at Byeolparang Park Wind Farm in Yeongdeok
- Company fined after worker fatality at Sussex wind farm construction site
- Wind turbine fire reported at Anoux wind farm near Briey, France
- Wind turbine blade collapse damages houses at Kalpitiya wind farm, Sri Lanka
- Turbine fire at Coldham Wind Farm near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
- Two workers die in fall at Plum Creek Wind Farm, Winside, Nebraska
- Fatal turbine elevator entrapment at Markbygden wind complex, Sweden
- Turbine hub and blades detach and fall at Erie Shores Wind Farm, Ontario
- Vestas turbine blade damage forces Aneo wind farm in Norway offline
- Wind turbine collapses at Geumsungsan Wind Farm in Hwasun County, South Korea
- Fire destroys turbine nacelle at EnBW wind farm in Germany
- Vestas turbine fire at Enel Green Power Wind Farm in Chile
- Worker dies in incident at wind farm near Rockhampton, Australia
- Wind turbine collapses at Aviva's Pitheavlis site in Perth
- Wind turbine fire prompts fire service response in Fermanagh
- Wind turbine fire in Trawden near Colne prompts fire brigade response
- Wind farm worker suffers severe burns after power cabinet explosion near Aviemore
- Construction worker killed by runaway trailer at Neweg Energy Project, New Brunswick
- Turbine fire takes half of Tararua wind farm offline for hours
- Wind turbine fire at Kirkby Moor Wind Farm in Cumbria
- Fire breaks out on wind turbine at Ngong Wind Power Station, Kenya
- Lightning strike suspected in wind turbine fire at La Casa Wind Farm, Texas
- Two workers die after work basket fall at Birstein wind turbine, Germany
- Nacelle fire damages turbine at Waymart Wind Farm near Browndale, Pennsylvania
- Three workers die in wind turbine fire in South Korea
- Wind turbine fire reported near Ambli Village in Vijayanagara after lightning strike
- Lawsuit alleges recurring wind turbine fires near Mechanicsville, Iowa
- Aging turbine collapses at Jaunmiki wind park in Latvia
- Construction worker dies after crane falls from cliff at Korean wind farm site
- Turbine blade failure shuts down section of Lal Lal wind farm, Australia
- Wind turbine catches fire near Warrensburg, Illinois, road closed
- Fire at aging Taipower wind turbine prompts nationwide inspection order
- Fire at Mailiao wind farm turbine in Yunlin County prompts nationwide inspections
- Maintenance worker killed after being trapped in turbine blade mechanism in Italy
- Turbine nacelle destroyed by fire at Pubnico Point Wind Farm, Nova Scotia
- Third turbine failure in three years at North Fork Ridge Wind Farm, Missouri
- Substation fire breaks out at Bradwell-on-Sea Wind Farm in Essex
- Wind turbine collapses at High Prairie Renewable Energy Center in Missouri
- Three workers killed after nacelle fire on Sinovel turbine, northern China
- View Fire turbine blaze spreads to rangeland near Whitewater, California
- Two fatalities in an onshore turbine nacelle fire during maintenance
- Nacelle fire at onshore wind site ignites rangeland wildfire
- Fatal fall from turbine nacelle during onshore wind maintenance, UK
- Fatality during routine maintenance at an onshore wind turbine, Germany
- Onshore wind blade detachment in Denmark, reported 25-metre fragment travelling over 100 metres
- Blade detaches from turbine at Future Generation Wind, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Wind turbine tower collapse and generator fire in Western Nebraska, cause under investigation
- Onshore wind turbine gearbox failure, published sun shaft fracture analysis
- Multiple onshore wind turbine collapses during Iowa tornado outbreak
- Onshore wind turbine tower collapse during high winds shortly after installation
- Fatal fall during onshore wind turbine construction, inquiry findings on rescue arrangements and equipment
- Hand crush injury on a wind turbine service lift, landing gate guarding and external control positioning
- Vestas onshore wind turbine blade failures across US sites 2024
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