Excellent New Bedford Light piece on the unacceptable delay in completing the blade failure investigation report.
The Town of Nantucket’s attorney, Greg Werkheiser of Cultural Heritage Partners, told The Light last month that “it’s taken far too long” to get a final report on the blade failure.
It’s noteworthy that there have also been unacceptable delays in issuing panel reports for serious offshore oil and gas incidents:
| ncident date | report date | elapsed time (months) | incident type |
| 5/15/2021 | 10/31/2023 | 29.5 | fatality |
| 1/24/2021 | 7/24/2023 | 30 | fatality |
| 8/23/2020 | 2/15/2023 | 30 | fatality |
| 7/25/2020 | 2/15/2023 | 31 | spill |
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 