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Surname
ATACK
Forename
Ernest
Day
18
Month
04
Year
1902
Age
19
Occupation
Assistant Onsetter
Mine/Quarry Name
Shirebrook
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shirebrook Colliery Co.
Location
Shirebrook
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
An iron rail on the roadway at the pit bottom projected into the shaft and when the descending cage came down it struck the end of the rail causing the other end to fly up and strike the deceased. The rail appeared to have slipped forward after being laid in position.