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Surname
KIRKWOOD
Forename
Walter
Day
11
Month
11
Year
1914
Age
39
Occupation
Manager
Mine/Quarry Name
Climpy
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Wilsontown
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He came on to the pit top, and in the absence of the banksman who was tipping a hutch signal three to the onsetter. The onsetter intended to signal three in reply, but on the first of the three raps being received he moved to enter the cage. The winding engineman, not waiting for the completion of the signal lowered the cage and deceased was caught between it and the flat sheets. In addition to not waiting until the return signal had been received deceased was about to enter the cage although the keps were not in place.