The United States Coastguard (USCG) has published Marine Safety Alert 11-23 relating to an incident in which a wire rope parted, causing a wind turbine nacelle weighing 69 tons to fall 2.2m to deck, causing significant damage and loss of the nacelle.
What happenedA vessel crane was being used to offload the 69 ton wind turbine nacelle. While hoisting, a wire rope parted, causing the load to fall to the deck. No-one was harmed, but the load landed within a metre of working personnel – there was...
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