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Alaska Mechanical Inc contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: LWI
Safety record
2
Fatalities
24
Citations
907,970
Employee-hours (2000+)
ⓘ Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.
2.20
Fatalities / million hrs
26.4 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY 2 fatalities · 7 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 18 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
  • OTHER 4 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2009
3
2008
2
2007
8 (2f)
2005
4
2004
1
2002
4
1998
2
1997
6
1996
2
1995
13
1994
8

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

2 recorded
July 19, 2007 AK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec Fatality · MACHINERY
Alaska Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

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.

July 19, 2007 AK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec Fatality · MACHINERY
Alaska Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

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 ground.