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Surname
PITT
Forename
Frederick
Day
02
Month
03
Year
1922
Age
25
Occupation
Pithead Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Frances
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Ltd
Location
Dysart
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Sundries – He stepped on to the cage to close and fix one of the gates after two men had gone on to descend the shaft. While he was on the cage the banksman, having himself fixed the other gate, signalled away the cage. When the cage moved away he tried to get off and was caught between the roof frame of the cage and the pithead flooring. The banksman did not use the keps, nor did he see that both gates were closed before signalling away the cage.