IMCASafety Flash
USCG: wire rope hazard management – dropped turbine nacelle
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 04/24
- Date
- Themes
- CorrosionCrane and RiggingInspection and MaintenanceLifting Operations
Summary
The US Coastguard (USCG) has shared an incident where a wire rope parted, causing a wind turbine nacelle weighing 69 tons to fall 2.2m.
IMCA SF 04/24. Themes: corrosion, crane and rigging, inspection and maintenance, lifting operations.
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