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Date:	24th June 1905
Colliery:	Pallaflat (Iron Ore)
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

A mixed train of nine wagons was in the empty road, which inclines towards the pit at 1 in 67. Deceased detached two and left seven standing with two brakes down but did not place a chock, provided for the purpose, in front of them. He lowered by gravity the two wagons to the weighing table and went between them to uncouple so that they could be weighed separately; in the meantime the seven wagons he had left behind moved away and collided with the second of the two wagons he had brought down and he was knocked down and three wagons passed over his leg. Coupling poles were not ordinarily used as it was stated there was a difficulty in using them with a mixed train and the space was confined. It was also stated that deceased should have brought the wagons down singly. He was taken to the Whitehaven Infirmary and was informed by the doctors there that to save his life it would be necessary to amputate the leg below the knee, but he refused to allow this to be done

Source:

1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)

	Little, William, aged 65, Wagon picker
	All names found

 

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