| Date: | 1932 |
| Colliery: | Montagu Main |
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| Cause: | Shaft Accident |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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Whilst loading wood cleats into an empty cage at ground level a night shift banksman was killed at Montagu Main Colliery, Northumberland. An onsetter rapped for the cage to be sent to an inset. The winding engineman, in a moment of mental aberration, thinking the cage was standing clear, lowered it, with the result that deceased was precipitated down the shaft. Following the accident a sheet-iron screen was provided which, when the shaft gate at ground level is open, automatically covers all the signal indicators in the enginehouse, with the exception of the banksman's. A special wedge is also used which, until removed by the engineman, prevents the release of the brake. In connexion with a similar fatal accident reported last year, I commended to colliery managers the practice of using some such constant reminder to the winding engineman.
| Source: | 1932 Mines Inspectors Report |
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