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Details of Event: The Jane Pit 11 feet diameter, had been deepened from the Beaumont seam to a few feet below the Busty a distance of 21 fathoms and at the time of the accident the sinkers were working about 6 feet from the bottom on a cradle hung on chains attached to steel girders at the Beaumont seam. The Low Main seam, 25 fathoms above the Beaumont was used as a landing stage and here was a waiter-on and doors to cover the shaft. One kibble of ordinary construction and 1 feet deep was in use and when hanging in the shaft was about 2 feet clear of the side but below the Beaumont this distance was reduced to 15 inches owing to an air hot fixed against the side of the shaft. The rope used was a locked coil rope so as to obviate twisting. Deceased had left his work during the previous shift feeling unwell. He came to work at 3 p.m. on the day of the accident, and at 4.30 p.m. found it necessary to go up to the Low Main to relieve himself. The master sinker went up with him and then rode to the surface. Deceased returned to the shaft at the Low Main in a few minutes and got into the kibble with both legs and was lowered down the shaft. When so far down he was heard to shout and the kibble rattled and immediately after he fell on his head on the cradle. He appears to have clutched the rapper wire in his fall as it was broken 8 fathoms from the bottom. He was probably sitting on the edge of the kibble, and overbalanced himself and fell out.