August 17, 2011
England
England
Crane driver killed in windfarm crash
www.theconstructionindex.co.uk 17 August 2011
www.theconstructionindex.co.uk 17 August 2011
A mobile crane driver was killed on Monday this week when his eight-axle crane came off a hillside road on a Lancashire wind farm project.
Lindsey Easton, 49, of Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, was working for crane firm Baldwins and driving a 500t all terrain crane on Scout Moor windfarm.
Police say he was travelling down a site road when the crane struck an earth bank, left the road, toppled and trapped the driver. Mr Easton was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Health & Safety Executive is investigating.
URL to article: https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/17/crane-driver-killed-in-windfarm-crash/