| Date: | 1925 |
| Colliery: | Clifton |
| Company: | |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | |
A shiftman's labourer, of limited experience, was killed at Clifton Colliery, Cumberland. He was instructed by the deputy to fill a tub of stone from a "trail" road and take it outbye to a siding. Later he was found dead beneath the upended tub of stone at the bottom of a part of the roadway having an inclination of 1 in 7½. There were no sprags in any of the wheels, but one was found inside the tub. Evidently he had been attempting to control the tub from the front — a contravention of the General Regulations.
| Source: | 1925 Mines Inspectors Report |
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