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Hull · Grimsby Magistrates' Court
An employee was injured when an approximately 800kg pre-cast web section of a wind turbine blade collapsed after support poles were removed prematurely during construction work. The company had failed to adequately assess the risks and put a robust safe system of work in place.
Injuries: Left paralysed from the waist down.
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
“All work activities that carry a risk to health and safety must be properly risk assessed, and safe systems of work must be devised and implemented.”
Temporary supports on large structural components must stay in place until an engineered sequence confirms it is safe to remove them.
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