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	Introductory
I.	Description Of The Colliery
	Management
	Seams Worked
II.	The Sea Dook
	The Return Airway and Man-riding Haulage Installation
	Details of the Ropes
	Load on the Rope
	Rope Examination and Maintenance prior to 12th September, 1955
	Supply of New Ropes
III.	The Accident And Subsequent Events
IV.	Investigation Of The Accident
	Cause of the Wear
	Rope Examination
V.	Recommendations
	Type of Rope
	Examination of the Ropes
	Life of Man-riding Haulage Ropes
	Training of Ropemen
	Means of controlling Man-riding Carriages in the event of a Runaway
VI.	Acknowledgments
Appendix I. — List Of Casualties
Appendix II. — Report By Safety In Mines Research Establishment On Examination Of Samples Of Haulage Rope
Plan No. 1 — General Plan And Section Of Man Haulage
Plan No. 2 — Position Of Bogies After Accident

NOTE: — The provisions of the Coal Mines Act, 1911, and of General Regulations made thereunder, which are quoted in this Report were revoked on 1st January, 1957, when the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954, came into operation. For the convenience of readers the corresponding current provisions are quoted in footnotes.

 

A copy of this report was kindly donated by
West Cumbria Mines Research.