A wind turbine blade collapse shut down I-70 and injured a driver

A massive wind turbine blade crashed onto I-70 at the I-81 interchange in Maryland, forcing a two-hour shutdown of the roadway. The blade fell during transport and landed across multiple lanes

2024 Wind Turbine Accidents Raise Global Safety Concerns

Wind turbine-related accidents surge in 2024, spotlighting industry safety and environmental challenges. The wind energy industry faced heightened scrutiny in 2024 following a

Five dead after fall during wind turbine installation

Five workers died while installing a Goldwind wind turbine in China after the platform they were standing on collapsed, with a local authority having now issued a damning report into the

Wind turbine blade crashes into traffic on busy Northeast interstate

One person is reported injured after a wind turbine blade broke loose from a truck and crashed into traffic on Interstate 70 in Maryland. It happened early Monday morning in Washington

Workers fall to death from 500-ft NE wind turbine, cops say | Kansas

Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. “The accident remains under investigation,” authorities said. Both men were Las Vegas residents, according to The Wayne Herald.

Crash involving wind turbine blade halts traffic in Maryland; 1

A crash involving what appears to be a wind turbine blade has shut down lanes on Interstate 70 at Exit 26 on Interstate 81 Monday morning in Washington County.

2 fatalities were reported after accident at a NE wind turbine

On Saturday, Feb. 22, The Wayne Sheriff''s Office received a report for two work-related fatalities, located south of Winside, NE. According to the Wayne County Sheriff''s Office''s Facebook

20-year-old wind turbine collapses on road amid light winds

A harrowing accident occurred in Yeongdeok, on the eastern coast of Gyeongsangbuk-do, where a large wind turbine column collapsed and covered a road. Around 4:40 PM on the 2nd, Unit

Wind turbine blade crash shuts down traffic on I-70 in Maryland

A wind turbine blade crash closed portions of I-70 in Washington County on Monday. The crash occurred near Exit 26 at the I-81 interchange. One person was transported with non-life...

Massachusetts turbine blade collapse has wind energy critics fuming

A blade that fell from a 300-foot-tall turbine and into a Massachusetts cranberry bog has sparked critics of wind energy to renew their call for the state Legislature to back away from its...