Kilmersdon Colliery

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Bryant, John Charles, 28 Dec 1911, aged 39, Hitcher, Deceased, presumably, thought he had had the cage lowered on to the keps at the No. 4 landing, and pushed in a full tub. The cage was, however, not on the keps, but was being held by the winding engineman by the foot-brake, and it at once descended. Deceased pushing the tub, was caught between the top hoop of the cage and the flat sheets, and crushed to death. The winding engineman said he did not think deceased was going to put a tub into the cage, and was therefore holding it with the foot-brake only. He expected deceased was going to ride up the shaft

Carter, Arthur, 21 Feb 1888, aged 18, Haulier, Fall of roof from slips. There were some props set under it which were knocked out by the fall [More information ...]

Carter, William, 12 Oct 1882, aged 29, Collier, Reparing a road, a large piece of rock fell on him

Down, Samuel Tom, 11 Sep 1914, aged 58, Repairer, Deceased and anther were repairing near the top of an incline 80 yards long and having a gradient of 1 in 3. They had filled a tram of dirt and were about to lower this by the rope, an empty being attached to the other end. Dirt being on the rails, the tram would not start, and deceased pushed the tram while his mate pulled at the rope near the brake-wheel. When the tram started, deceased's mate failed to apply the brake quickly enough and the empty tram ascended the incline very rapidly. It caught deceased close to the top, knocking him down and causing a fracture of the skull from which he died on the same day. There was a manhole close to the point from which deceased pushed away the full tram, and it is inexplicable that he did not get into this until the empty had reached the top

Perrett, Charles, 23 Jun 1910, aged 67, Surface Labourer, He was engaged cutting the grass by the side of an incline, when he stepped out on to the line in front of a loaded truck and got both his feet cut off. There was plenty of room on both sides of the incline

Rogers, Tom, 21 Jan 1910, aged 49, Coal Breaker, When descending the shaft he fell out of the cage and was dashed to pieces. He was the last man to enter the fourth descending cage, and before the banksman had time to fasten the chain across the open side of the cage it was lowered away by the engineman, who thought he had received the signal from the banksman to do so

Sampson, William, 21 Feb 1888, aged 49, Overman, Fall of roof from slips. There were some props set under it which were knocked out by the fall [More information ...]