Safety Alert
Service lifts in offshore and onshore wind turbines
Service lifts in offshore and onshore wind turbines
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- ED01-2024
- Inspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesRegulation and legislation
- Inspection and maintenance
- Operator displays and control interfaces
- Machine guarding
- Offshore windOnshore wind
Summary
Safety notice addressing wind turbine service-lift guarding and external control positioning after a technician sustained serious hand injuries. It calls for immediate design checks, correction of inadequate safeguards, and withdrawal or suitable short-term controls pending completion. Manufacturers and suppliers are directed to address hazards and meet machinery safety requirements.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Operator displays and control interfaces.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Offshore wind; offshore wind energy.
Classifications: Onshore wind; onshore wind energy.
ED01-2024. Themes: inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.