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Benbow, David, 29 Apr 1906, (accident: 27 Apr 1906, 11.30 p.m.), aged 34, Haulier, Deceased had to take seven trams of stones down a dip about 130 yards. Instead of dividing the number into two or three lots, he started to take them all in one journey. He had put two sprags in each tram, but the weight on the down gradient of 2 ins. per yard caused the trams to increase in speed, and this frightened the horse. It turned to one side and pulled the front tram off the road, and deceased, who was riding on the gun, was crushed. He died in two days

Bowen, David, 28 Apr 1903, 7.40 p.m., aged 43, Labourer, Run over by a journey of three trams on a self-acting incline having a gradient of eight inches per yard. He had only walked up it 23 yards, when he met with the accident

Davies, David John, 22 Jun 1901, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, coal, 7 ft. by 4 ft, by 2 ft., fell between the props. The stall was in a disturbance in the seam, and the coal kept up as roof was very weak. Two feet nine seam

Davies, Edward, 29 Sep 1903, 5.20 p.m., aged 53, Collier, When deceased arrived at the shaft at the end of his shift, he stopped at a chain fence stretched across the roadway. He afterwards passed the chain, walked on to, and stood on, the sump planks until the cage descended on, and fatally crushed him. A collier standing near repeatedly called to him to come away as the cage was descending. The hitchers had gone up the pit. It looked very much like suicide

Davies, Evan, 24 May 1905, (accident: 17 May 1905, 11.50 a.m.), aged 47, Collier, Deceased stood at the outer end of a tram that had been tumbled on its side to allow a full tram to pass out. The empty tram had not been pushed quite clear of the rails, so was struck by the full tram, and pushed outwards, crushing deceased against a post. He died in a week

Davies, William John, 14 Feb 1924, 1.15 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 23, Collier, He was clearing some rubbish from the face into the gob, when a fall of roof occurred without warning and killed him outright. The cavity exposed after the fall took place revealed a smooth slant at right angles to the face, a clean break just along the line of face and a smooth bed above. Three face props were discharged by the fall. Oil flame safety lamp used

Evans, Isaac, 04 Jun 1899, (accident: 30 Mar 1899), aged 20, Collier, Fatally injured by the explosion of a charge (#&188; lb.) of roburite, which had missed fire, while using a mandrill in drawing down stone shattered by a second shot fired within 13 ins. of the "missed" charge. Died 4th June

Gittins, David, 01 Dec 1908, (accident: 26 Nov 1908), aged 39, Repairer, On road, coal, 7 feet by 6 feet by 2 feet thick, fell on deceased as he was measuring the height of arm required. He had been sent to double timber the road, and had only had time to put one arm in before the fall occurred. He died in five days. Upper seam

Griffiths, David, 14 Mar 1910, (accident: 18 Feb 1910), aged 41, Repairer, Fall of side while preparing a place for a new stall to be started from side of a heading. The fall came from a visible slant on the side of the heading. Died 14th March, 1910

Griffiths, Stanley, 18 Mar 1924, 11.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 32, Fitter, He was replacing a repaired leather belt on the pulley of the main driving shaft of a mechanical stoker, when his coat got caught in the revolving shaft and he was carried around. His legs and lower part of body were striking against some pipes and a ladder close by, and before the machinery could be stopped, he was severely injured. He died later in the day. The usual custom was to stop the machinery before carrying out any repairs, but unfortunately the fitter omitted to do so on this occasion

Harris, William Henry, 22 Jan 1891, aged 18, Engineman, Crushed by an empty journey on which he was riding, a tram wheel having broken and thrown some of the trams off the road. The rider jumped off and escaped

Hughes, Joseph, 24 Oct 1902, 2 p.m., aged 16, Pony-haulier, Crushed against a low "bridge" of roof as he was riding on the "gun," while taking rubbish into an old stall. He had taken several trams of rubbish in that shift, and knew of the low place

Jones, Evan, 04 Nov 1912, aged 45, Collier, Fall of side in working face. A piece of clod fell from over the coal as he was passing with his coal box. The piece should have been spragged

Jones, Jonah, 12 Dec 1891, aged 18, Collier, Fall of clod (4ft. x 1ft. x 0 ins. thick)-at face while enlarging an old road for a stable. It fell off at a "back slip," and did not appear to have been overhanging. Seam 5ft. thick. Long wall

Lewis, Thomas, 13 Apr 1907, 3.15 p.m., aged 54, Collier, Deceased was travelling outbye at the end of his shift, and, while stepping over a chain holding the rope end on one side at the top of a self-acting incline, his foot caught against the chain and he fell, He received a slight wound on the knee ; blood poisoning supervened, and he died in a week

Morgan, Alfred, 13 Dec 1911, aged 38, Haulier, Crushed by tram, owing to the breakage of a chain used for drawing a tram up a steep dip by means of a horse, while he was walking behind the tram, which was thrown to the side by the barhook

Morris, John T., 13 Mar 1893, aged 23, Haulier, Fall of roof on road while passing along a heading with his horse which was also killed. There were double timbers from 4ft. to 5ft. apart. Lower seam

Nash, George, 14 Apr 1900, (accident: 20 Jan 1900, 11 a.m.), aged 28, Haulier, Died from injuries to the back, supposed to have been caused by striking a "collar" while driving horse and tram up a rise heading. Height 5 ft. 2 ins. Died 14th April

Phillips, Daniel, 02 Mar 1924, (accident: 21 Feb 1924, 11.0 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 32, Labourer, He was acting as a haulier for the day, and, as he was attaching his horse to a loaded tram at a working place, the horse bolted. He ran after it, and, as he caught it up, he was kicked in the abdomen. He died from his injuries on the 2nd March. Phillips was an experienced haulier, and the horse, although high spirited, was not regarded as a kicker. Electric safety lamp used

Rees, Edward, 13 Apr 1894, aged 27, Master haulier, Killed by a lump of coal falling down shaft rebounding off the cage and striking him while waiting to ascend

Rees, John, 17 Apr 1905, (accident: 17 Mar 1905, 6 p.m.), aged 25, Haulier, Fall of side. At face, cliff, 3 ft. 8 ins. by 2 ft. by 22 ins. thick. Deceased was assisting, at his request, a collier to secure his working place after the shift had come to an end. As they were engaged in building a "cog," and deceased was handing a piece of wood to the collier, the fall occurred and knocked deceased violently against a tram. He was severely bruised on the back, and his pelvis was fractured. He died on the 17th April from pyaemia. Six feet seam

Rees, Thomas, 15 Apr 1901, (accident: 08 Apr 1901), aged 33, Master Haulier, Rider (assisting) crushed while riding between trams, the first tram having got off the rails. Died on 15th

Roberts, R., 04 Aug 1910, aged 45, Rider, While riding on rope behind journey on down gradient, the shackle between the last two trams broke, and the tram springing back ran over him

Roberts, William, 10 Jun 1912, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof at face. Having removed a post and got down some rippings, a stone fell from two slants as he was clearing the rubbish

Thomas, David, 20 Apr 1909, aged 43, Fireman, Struck his head against the roof, and fell under the trams of a full journey, upon which he was illegally riding

Wide, Samuel, 27 Nov 1913, aged 23, Day Labourer, In oiling a sheave he was caught by the rope and pulled into it. The sheave was 6 feet above the ground and he used a stool with three legs to stand on. Possibly the stool tilted over and caused him to be caught

Williams, Eben., 25 May 1904, 4 a.m., aged 31, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 5 ft. by 3 ft. by 16 ins, thick, fell as deceased was dressing the side below it with a mandril. He was enlarging the heading by taking 14 ins. off one side, and ripping down a bed, 16 ins. thick. It was part of this bed that fell. Two feet nine seam

Williams, John, 06 Nov 1905, 12.20 p.m., aged 46, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, rock, 2 ft by 2 ft. by 12 ins, thick, fell as deceased was filling a tram with coal. It was quite unsupported. Upper seam

Williams, Richard, 25 Jan 1908, aged 26, Assistant hitcher, Deceased was cleaning up some coal that had fallen on the ground, about 3 feet from the shaft, when a piece of the "scotch" from the cage which had just been landed at the top fell on the sump planks, rebounded, and struck deceased on the forehead. He died in a short time after. The force with which the last tram was run into the cage must have been great to have broken the "scotch." Although it had been made by an experienced blacksmith, I think he must have burnt the iron when welding it. The fracture, which was in the weld, must have been nearly complete when the cage arrived at the surface, and in drawing the "scotch" from in front of the tram, the end broke off and fell through the bottom of the cage. I have not heard of a "scotch" breaking before

Williams, William, 17 Nov 1909, aged 47, Rider, Deceased was signalling a full journey into a double parting and was standing at the time near an overhead return pulley. Either the engine driver overshot his mark or deceased knocked "stop" too late, as the trams were drawn up to the pulley and the first dropped on deceased

Williams, William F., 20 Aug 1912, aged 73, Under Manager, Fall of roof at face. When examining, after shot firing, and after having had the roof satisfactorily sounded with a mandrill, a portion of it fell from some shaley ground

Willoughby, John, 30 Aug 1913, aged 63, Surface Oiler, Two trams running wild down an incline killed him as he was standing on the railway sidings below