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Surname
HIGGIN
Forename
Wilfred L.
Day
20
Month
09
Year
1909
Age
17
Occupation
Rope attdnt
Mine/Quarry Name
Mainsforth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Carlton Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Ferryhill
County
Durham
Details of Event
The rope was slipping through the forks on the tubs, so he put his weight on to the rope to press it down into the forks the tubs were then hauled forward by the rope and the followed them up a kip, still pressing on the rope, to where an arrangement for lifting the rope out of the forks was placed. He kept hold of the rope too long and his head was caught between the rope and the arrangement for detaching it from the forks. Weighing on the rope as this boy was doing is an undesirable practice.