# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220073310020` · 11/20/2007 · Alaska Gold Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Driller, Highwall helper, Highwall drill helper
- **Activity:** Move non-self-propelled equip
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 23
- **Mine experience:** 0.62 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Novagold Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Alaska Gold Company
- **Mine:** [5001850](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/5001850)
## Narrative

Employee was moving equipment.  He moved the hitch on a Nodwell trailer- the pin that secures the jack was not in place which resulted in the hitch of the trailer falling on employee's right leg.  The hitch broke his right leg.  He was taken to Nome Hospital and then transported to Anchorage for surgery to place a pin in leg.

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