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Thomas Hutchinson
| Age: | 52 |
| Died: | 11th Jul 1894 |
| Accident: | 11th Jul 1894 9:30 PM, 6th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1842 |
| Colliery: | Ryhope |
| Company: | Ryhope Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | He refused to leave his place when told by the deputy that it was unsafe, and a heavy fall of top coal took place |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Number 39 on the list occurred at Ryhope Colliery on 11th of July, about 9.30 o'clock p.m. causing the death of Thomas Hutchinson, a coal hewer.
It appears that this accident was caused by deceased refusing to obey a deputy's orders.
The deputy was in the place, about two hours before the accident happened, and told the deceased man to take down the top coal, as it was preventing him getting timber set to support the roof, but this he refused to do, saying it was too hard. The deputy then cut him some timber, and went to another place, and deceased continued to work under the top coal, which afterwards fell and killed him.
The deputy was to blame for not sending this man out of the pit, as soon as he refused to do as he instructed him. Under the Special Rules his duty in this respect was perfectly clear, and it is to be regretted that he did not do it, for if he had this accident would not have occurred. The man himself was more censurable even than the deputy; here is a case where rules were established, and officials appointed to see them carried out, in order to increase the safety of the working of the mine, and one of the workmen absolutely refuses to carry out specific instructions, given by one of these officials, and as a result lost his life. It was a reprehensible action, and, as this accident shows, a highly dangerous one.
The deputy was cautioned at the inquest to be more careful, in future, and this he promised to do. I hope he will carry out this promise and that I shall not have, in the future, occasion to report such dangerous practices as occurring at any of the collieries or mines in my district.
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- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 14 Where to find this report
- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 41, Accident Number: 39 Where to find this report
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