Lastupdatedat30/06/2019CompiledbyCWIFAccidenttypeDateSite/areaState/CountryTurbinetypeDetailsInfosourceWebreference/linkAlternatewebreference/link1Fatal30/11/1980Choteau,nearConrad,MTUSA2kwTimMcCartney,fallfromtowerwhileremovingsmallturbine.Bodyfoundneartower.WindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html2Fatal30/12/1981Boulevard,CAUSA40kwTerryMehrkam,atopnacelle,run-awayrotor,nolanyard,fellfromtower.WindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html3Structuralfailure1981DenmarkDenmark250Turbinesexposedtowindspeedsof35m/secfor10minresultedin9failuresand30%damagedSafetyofWindSystems,MRagheb,3/12/20094Fatal1982Bushland,TXUSA40kwPatAcker,28,rebarcageforfoundationcameincontactwithoverheadpowerlines,electrocuted.WindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html5Fatal1982Denmark50kwJensErikMadsen,duringservicingofcontroller,electrocuted.WindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html6Fatal1983PalmSprings,CAUSA500kwEricWrightonexperimentalVAWT-towercollapsedwhilehewasonit.WindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html7Fatal1984AltamontPass,CAUSA65kwJ.A.Doucette,unloadingtowersfromatruck,towersrolledofftruck,crushinghim.WindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html8Fatal1984PalmSprings,CAUSA80kwArtGomez,servicingDynergycraneWindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html9Fatal1984IowaUSAJacobs10kwUgeneStallhut,groundcrew,drivingtractorastowvehicle,tractorflippedovercrushinghimWindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html10Fatal1989PalmSprings,CAUSA65kwJohnDonnelly,atopnacelle,servicingNordtanknacelle,nobrake,lanyardcaughtonmainshaftprotrusion,deathattributedto"multipleamputations"ashewasdraggedintothemachinery.WindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html11Fatal1990Holland100kwDickHozeman,atopnacelle,enteredPolenkonacelleinstorm,nobrake,caughtonspinningshaft.WindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html12Fatal1990IslandofLollandDenmark400kwLeifThomsen,&KajVadstrup,bothkilledservicingrotor,nolockingpinonrotor,brakereleasedaccidentally,rotorbeganmovingcatchingmanbasket&knockingittotheground,thirdmanclungtotoweruntilrescued.WindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathLife.html13Fatal1991Tehachapi,CAUSA90kwThomasSwan,craneoperator,travelling,lockingpinfailed,boomswungdownhillinto66kVpowerline,electructinghim.WindEnergy--TheBreathofLifeortheKissofDeath:ContemporaryWindMortalityRates,byPaulGipehttp://www.wind-works.org/articles/BreathL...