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Date:	24th October 1857
Colliery:	Old Silkstone
Company:	Coopers and Co.
Cause:	Falling down the shaft
Lives Lost:	1
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Accident No. 42 in the Tabular List>

Falling down the shaft at Old Silkstone Colliery, near Barnsley.

The deceased Thomas Allen lost his life through his obstinate disregard of the rules of the mine.

The pit up which he was ascending was in an unfinished state, the conductors not having been fixed, and strict orders had been given by the manager that colliers should not pass up and down it ; but the unfortunate man wrongfully persisted in being drawn up; the tub in its progress caught a projecting stay, when he was thrown out and precipitated to the bottom. The banksman and the engineman ought to have refused to raise this person up the shaft, seeing that directions had been issued to prevent its being so used.

It is of the utmost importance that subordinate officers and workmen in mining establishments should constantly and implicitly obey the regulations for safety ; otherwise the greatest skill and foresight on the part of principal agents will be unable to avert, entirely, these fatal casualties.

Source: 1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 161

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