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Surname
DAY
Forename
John Henry
Day
27
Month
10
Year
1912
Age
33
Occupation
Onsetter
Mine/Quarry Name
Bullcroft Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bullcroft Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Carcroft
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was in the shaft, cleaning the cage scaffold, when he slipped between the scaffold and the shaft side and fell 18 yards down the sump. Had the scaffold been completed as designed, his fall would have been prevented.