Wind Turbine Safety

This course teaches students the basic skills they need to work in and around wind turbines. The primary objective is to ensure that students are able to comply with OSHA regulations and their location’s policies regarding fall protection, self-evacuation, control of hazardous energy and confined space entry.

Because each work environment has its unique hazards and exposures, the training topics are tailored to each location.

• Workplace hazards
• Company policies and procedures
• OSHA regulations

• Fall hazards and causes
• Physics of falls
• Fall protection systems
• Harnesses, connectors, anchors
• Equipment inspection and storage
• Self rescue

• Sources of energy
• Authorized and affected employees
• Lockout procedures and devices

• Characteristics of confined spaces
• Hazards of confined spaces
• Entrant and attendant’s responsibilities
• Entry procedures and documentation
• Reclassifying confined spaces

• Describe the common hazards associated with wind turbines.
• Actively participate in a pre-job safety meeting.
• Comply with their location’s policies and procedures regarding fall protection, control of hazardous energy and confined space entry.
• Follow their location’s lockout procedures for all sources of hazardous energy.
• Fulfill the responsibilities of entrants and attendants for confined space entries.
• Select, inspect, use, and properly store fall protection and confined space entry equipment.
• Perform a self rescue and comply with their location’s emergency procedures.