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Date:	2nd February 1924
Colliery:	Norton
Company:	Robert Heath and Low Moor Ltd.
Cause:	Shaft accident
Lives Lost:	1
Category:	Shaft Accidents :: Falling from part way down

Norton Colliery, North Stafford, 2nd February. — One man killed. Deceased, who was 43 years of age and a shaft inspector, was engaged with two others in tightening nuts on a rising main about 200 yards from the shaft bottom. The spanner slipped and deceased, who was attached to the cage by means of a safety belt and chain, fell to the cage bottom. The safety chain broke and deceased slid off the cage deck and fell down the shaft. The accident might have been avoided by more systematic, thorough and regular examination of the apparatus. The chain was stated to be 5 years old. It had been in the deceased’s custody and looked after by him, but no regular examination of it had been made. The breaking strain was supposed to be 30 cwts. Stronger chains have since been provided for this purpose.

Source: 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Midland and Southern Division (No. 8) by H. A. Abbott, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 22

	Harper, Frank, aged 43, Shaft Inspector, Shaft accident
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