| Date: | 1933 |
| Colliery: | Ravensworth, Ann |
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| Cause: | Shaft Accident |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | |
At Ravensworth "Ann" Colliery, Durham, an engineman stood on a side bunton, 1 ft. 7 ins, below a mid-inset pumproom, to close a valve on a suction column. One of the cages, which had been "set clear" on his instructions, was lowered from a position about three fathoms above and crushed him against the bunton. Deceased had expected to reach the valve from the cage top but he had not used the cage in this way for several months. He took an unwarrantable risk, but arrangements could, and should, have been made to enable him to work the valve from a safe position in the inset.
| Source: | 1933 Mines Inspectors Report |
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