High job risks: Expert says safety training for wind power is crucial
The industry of building and operating wind turbines is "going big guns.”
That's Rocky Waller's perception as his agency and others create programs to keep workers in this emerging industry safe.
Waller, manager of training and development for the nonprofit, nongovernmental Oklahoma Safety Council , said the emergence of the wind farm industry reminds him of the oil and natural gas boom of the 1970s.
"Ther...
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