Le Figaro Nantes
They were working on the electrical box of a wind turbine.
On Sunday, around 4 p.m., two technicians were victims of an electric arc during a maintenance operation carried out at the Croix Guingal wind farm, in the town of Derval (Loire-Atlantique), located about fifty kilometers north of Nantes.
The two men, in their thirties, were burned on their hands and faces, as indicated by
Ouest-France
.
Information that was confirmed by
Le Figaro
.
"If the helicopter transport was not activated, the two individuals were transported aboard medical vehicles by the Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Service (SMUR) at the Nantes University Hospital", according to a source close to the investigation
. .
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Wind turbine power off
This specifies that one of the two technicians was more seriously injured.
"At the time, his vital prognosis was engaged
," she says.
According to our information, his days are no longer in danger.
Following the incident, the wind turbine was de-energized by Enedis services.
It is now up to the gendarmes to establish what happened.
An investigation was therefore opened.
At the same time, on Monday, the labor inspectorate went to the scene of the accident to check the conditions under which the intervention of the two injured technicians took place.
