In the darkness, lit only by a single candle, it was easy for a legger to miss his footing and fall into the water, sometimes being fatally crushed between the hull and the tunnel wall.
Pimedas tunnelis, mida valgustas vaid üksik küünal, võis kergesti juhtuda, et laevamees kaotas toetuspinna ning sulpsatas vette. Mõnikord kukkus ta aga laevakere ja tunneliseina vahele ning sai surma.