[HTML][HTML] Offshore wind H&S: A review and analysis

D Rowell, D McMillan, J Carroll - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The offshore wind industry is growing rapidly around the world. Many governments have set
ambitious targets for growth to achieve their decarbonisation goals. As the industry grows it …

Health effects of wind turbines on humans in residential settings: Results of a scoping review

A Freiberg, C Schefter, M Girbig, VC Murta… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction As the global number of wind turbines has increased steadily in recent years, as
has the number of studies about putative health effects in residential settings, it is the review …

Fault diagnosis of rolling bearing of wind turbines based on the variational mode decomposition and deep convolutional neural networks

Z Xu, C Li, Y Yang - Applied Soft Computing, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning techniques have been successfully applied in intelligent fault
diagnosis of rolling bearings in recent years. However, in the real world industrial …

Development of quality, environment, health, and safety (QEHS) management system and its integration in operation and maintenance (O&M) of onshore wind energy …

W Hussain, S Khan, AH Mover - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The wind energy industry is growing swiftly in Pakistan and 24 onshore wind farms added
1235.70 MW in the national grid. Workers involved in O&M are at high risk in wind farms. In …

[HTML][HTML] Occupational health hazards and risks in the wind industry

N Karanikas, S Steele, K Bruschi, C Robertson, J Kass… - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
As the wind farm sector grows and becomes an established renewable energy source, it
introduces new materials, technologies and processes that expose workers to increased …

[HTML][HTML] Musculoskeletal disorders and perceived physical work demands among offshore wind industry technicians across different turbine sizes: a cross-sectional …

AS Oestergaard, TF Smidt, K Søgaard… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Offshore wind service technicians (WTs) inspect, maintain, operate and repair wind turbines,
and are frequently exposed to ladder climbing, manual handling activities and work in …

Neurobehavioral alterations in occupational noise exposure: a systematic review

N Mucci, V Traversini, LG Lulli, L Vimercati… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The psychology of sustainability and sustainable development emphasizes the value to
ensure health and well-being in different environments, including workplaces. Chronic …

Updated assessment of occupational safety and health hazards of climate change

PA Schulte, BL Jacklitsch, A Bhattacharya… - … of occupational and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Workers, particularly outdoor workers, are among the populations most disproportionately
affected by climate-related hazards. However, scientific research and control actions to …

Evaluating risk propagation in renewable energy incidents using ontology-based Bayesian networks extracted from news reports

Q Wang, C Li - International Journal of Green Energy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Accidents in the booming renewable energy industries can negatively impact people,
animals, and buildings in social systems and ecosystems. Many studies focus on the …

A cross-sectional survey of musculoskeletal disorder hazard exposures and self-reported discomfort among on-shore wind turbine service technicians

SL Fischer, S Koltun, J Lee - Ergonomics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Servicing and maintaining wind turbines may expose wind turbine technicians
(wind techs) to musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) hazards. We aimed to characterise MSD …