§ 56. Mr. THORNEasked the Home Secretary if he can now state whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with the collapse of a 10-ton steam crane, which imprisoned its driver, at the steel works of Messrs. Samuel Fox and Company, Limited, of Stocksbridge, near Sheffield; whether he can state the cause of the accident; and whether the crane was lifting more than its registered tonnage?
§ Mr. LLOYDI understand that the verdict at the inquest was that the accident was due to an error of judgment on the part of the crane driver in having the jib too far out. The crane is described as a six-ton crane, but I am advised that there was no definite maximum tonnage applicable in the circumstances prevailing at the time.