Deceased worked in a heading on which it was necessary to run the tubs on the self-acting incline principle. At the top the gradient fell to 1 in 28, and the empty tub, ready to be filled, stood with the front wheels over the rail ends, and slightly lower than the back ones. A shot was lighted at the coal face and deceased retired to the level road, 84 feet distant ; as soon as the shot exploded he stepped into his own road to allow a tub from the level face to pass out, when his tub came down and crushed him against the stoop side. The shot was a blown out one, and evidently the concussion had disturbed the tub and caused it to move toward the steep part of the road. There was no sprag or snibble in the tub