| Date: | 1925 |
| Colliery: | Harraton |
| Company: | |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | |
A shaftman was killed at Harraton Colliery, Durham. Deceased and another man were adjusting the rope in a staple pit 51 ft. in depth, used only for lowering coal and rubbish. This pit was worked by gravity, the rope passing twice round a pulley fixed over the shaft; a hand brake was fitted to the pulley. Deceased ran the cages and left one at the bottom and the other at the top. He pinned the brake down but did not secure the upper cage in any other way. He then went down to the bottom and released the rope there in order to take out a link. As soon as he did this the upper cage fell down the pit, pulling the rope round the pulley. The cage fell on him, inflicting terrible injuries from which he died immediately. The accident would have been prevented if deceased had taken the elementary precaution of properly securing the upper cage.
| Source: | 1925 Mines Inspectors Report |
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