Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	9th February 1906
Colliery:	Chilton
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

One at the Chilton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. H. Stobart & Co., Limited,. resulted in the death of a truck cleaner aged 16. The boy was in a truck cleaning it out when the locomotive came and drew it away to put under the coal washer. The boy gave no sign that he was in the truck, and neither the locomotive engineman or fireman knew he was in. Apparently the boy had seen where the truck was being put to, and he attempted to get out of the truck, but was caught between the top of the truck and a cross beam of timber and killed. When the boy attempted to get out of the truck the engineman saw him and put on the locomotive brakes and reversed the engine, but he was not able to prevent the accident. To prevent such a thing happening again a signal will be attached to any truck in which any person is employed, and the truck will not be moved until such person has got out of the truck.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449)

	Crawford, Joseph, aged 16, Truck Cleaner, He was struck by a cross-beam as he was trying to get out of a truck which was being shunted under the coal-washer. No one knew he was in the truck, and he gave no warning that he was there.
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