Union claims wind turbine company warned of hazards weeks before fatal accident

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Australian Workers Union,Golden Plains Wind Farm

The company which installed wind turbines at a wind farm west of Melbourne has come under fire for allegedly ignoring safety concerns in the weeks before a worker was fatally crushed by a falling blade on Monday.

Union accuses wind turbine company of failing to address safety warnings ahead of horror death at Golden Plains Wind Farm

A workers' union has condemned the company behind the wind turbines at a major farm west of Melbourne, where a tragic accident led to a worker being fatally crushed by a blade on Monday. Picture: 7News. Police, paramedics, firefighters, and the SES have rushed to an industrial emergency in Rokewood understood to have involved an injury caused by a wind turbine. Picture: Timothy Cox.

"How many more families need to lose their loved ones before WorkSafe, and the Victorian Government take real action? We're sick of hollow investigations and paperwork while workers are killed."We fought hard for industrial manslaughter laws, but they're gathering dust while bodies pile up. This isn't just negligence anymore – it's criminal, and it's time we started treating it that way.

 

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