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Surname
CUMMINGS
Forename
Luke
Day
20
Month
06
Year
1911
Age
14
Occupation
Haulage Lad
Mine/Quarry Name
Dean & Chapter
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Ferryhill
County
Durham
Details of Event
His duties were to disconnect the clips by which the sets were attached to the overhead endless rope. Owing to the plane being of an undulating nature it was necessary to use a clip at both ends, the one at the rear end being detached first. This he had already done when the set reached the kip, but apparently he experienced some difficulty in getting the front clip free from the rope, and he kept on walking in front of the set till it knocked him off the kip at a point where it was 2 feet 9 inches higher than the empty road. He received internal injuries and died four hours later. The place of accident was well lighted with electric lights, and there was an electric signal a few yards away by means of which he could easily have stopped the set.