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Surname
KAY
Forename
Walter Herbert
Day
02
Month
01
Year
1909
Age
23
Occupation
Crusher Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Crigglestone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Crigglestone Collieries Ltd
Location
Crigglestone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was getting over a shaft making 55 revolutions a minute when the top coat which he was wearing caught the nuts of it coupling. He was whirled round the shaft and killed. The shaft should have been better protected.