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Surname
COOK
Forename
W.
Day
17
Month
09
Year
1902
Age
22
Occupation
Pump Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Silverwood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dalton Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Thrybergh
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Was stationed on a small platform 240 yards above the bottom of the sinking shaft to attend to a pump. He was provided with a safety belt but neglected to use it and either the ascending bowk caught the platform and knocked him off or he fell from the bowk and caused it to oscillate against the platform.