Turbine pole kills small child

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A three-year old boy was killed in a tragic accident near Belgrave when the pole of a small wind turbine fell on him.

Huron OPP said Logan Hallahan died at Wingham hospital before he could be transported to the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario in London, Ont.

The boy had been playing with a group of children near a 34-metre residential wind turbine structure that was under repair.

The nine-metre generator pole was anchored temporarily to a cement pad by a strap.

The children were playing on the pole, causing the strap to loosen and the turbine to lift the pole off the ground.

The young boy was sitting on the generator pole closest to the turbine. Police said he slid down the pole and landed on it. A second pole fell on top of him, pinning him.

Several parents ran and stopped the generator pole from lifting and pulled the boy out.

He was taken to Wingham hospital immediately but died two hours after he was pinned.

Provincial police are still investigating.

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WASHINGTON - A GE turbine collapsed at a wind farm in north-east Brazil, injuring a worker and sparking a probe into the fifth such incident this year, the manufacturer confirmed.

One of the manufacturer’s GE 2.72-116 turbines collapsed at Omega Energia’s Delta VI project in Maranhão, which was commissioned in 2018.

Three GE employees were on site at the time of the collapse on Tuesday (3 September), the US manufacturer confirmed. 

One worker was injured and is currently receiving medical treatment, GE added.

"We are working to determine the root cause of this incident and to provide proper support as needed," it said

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