| Date: | 1933 |
| Colliery: | Charlaw |
| Company: | |
| Cause: | Shaft Accident |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | |
Whilst persons were being lowered from the surface at Charlaw Colliery, Durham, a banksman's assistant closed the cage gate after two persons had been admitted. He then gave a verbal "all clear" signal to the banksman in charge at the opposite side of the shaft. After the cage had been signalled away the assistant stepped forward to make some further adjustment of the cage gate when the sneck bar of the descending cage struck him on the head and killed him instantly. He should not have interfered with the cage once the motion signal had been given.
| Source: | 1933 Mines Inspectors Report |
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