# MACHINERY
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220072180042` · 07/19/2007 · Alaska Gold Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Surface equipment, NEC
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.29 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Novagold Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Alaska Gold Company
- **Mine:** [5001850](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/5001850)
## Narrative

Initial Information: Two EE's working from manlift on West side of mill building over Electrical Room. From initial witness reports, it appears they were in the process of retracting & lowering boom at end of shift with boom fully extended to the South when South side wheels slipped sideways from leveling blocks, causing lift to tilt and capsize. Boom fell & basket hit the ground.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*