Safety Flash
Fatality following a fall from a wind turbine
Fatality following a fall from a wind turbine
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 07/25
- Emergency ResponseEvacuation, Escape and RescueWorking at Height
- Falls from height
- Working at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Emergency responseEvacuation, escape and rescueFall prevention
- Construction
Summary
A safety flash describes a fatal five-metre fall at Kilgallioch Wind Farm in Scotland, where the worker had not connected his harness to a fall arrest system. Inquiry recommendations address rehearsed rescue arrangements, suitable casualty stretchers and consideration of technology to warn colleagues when someone disconnects from fall protection.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
Summary
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, and UK HSE, has published a response to a fatal incident in which a crew member fell to their death.
IMCA SF 07/25. Themes: emergency response, evacuation, escape and rescue, working at height.