An offshore wind turbine engineer working for Siemens Gamesa has suffered severe injuries to his left arm in an accident at the under-construction Rentel project in the Belgian North Sea.
The installation technician received the injuries while working in a Siemens Gamesa nacelle on the GeoSea A2Sea jack-up Sea Installer.
The vessel has been chartered by Siemens Gamesa for installation at the project.
The employee, understood to be a 38-year-old British national, was evacuated via helicopter by the Belgian rescue service and admitted to a local hospital.
His condition was said to be stable.
A Siemens Gamesa spokesman said the company is cooperating with all necessary authorities and involved project partners while an internal investigation has also been launched.
“We furthermore do not comment on ongoing investigations. Our actions are in supporting our colleague and his family as best possible,” the spokesman added.
The 309MW Rentel project consists of 42 Siemens Gamesa 7.3MW turbines.
Image: Siemens Gamesa nacelle destined for Rentel (credit reNEWS)
Rentel engineer badly injured
By EBS