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Joseph Hunter
| Age: | 59 |
| Died: | 11th Sep 1902 |
| Accident: | 11th Sep 1902 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1843 |
| Colliery: | Trimdon Grange |
| Company: | Walter Scott Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | when kirving in the middle band of the Main coal seam he cut into a slip and a large stone fell from the roof and so severely injured him that he died within two hours |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 316 on the list occurred at Trimdon Grange Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Walter Scott, Ltd., on September 11th, and caused the death of a hewer.
This accident occurred in a longwall face, in a seam 5 feet 9½ inches thick, with a band 10 inches thick about 18 inches from the top. The hewers kirve about 3 feet 6 inches under the top coal in the band and then get the top coal down, and finally hew the bottom coal up or put a shot into it.
In this case the deceased man and the man working with him had kirved about 1 foot 6 inches under in the band, and as they did so kept taking off the top coal, when they came to a slip and it let a stone away, with two slippery sides, and a feather edge at the out-bye side, which fell, caught, and fatally injured deceased, and slightly injured the other man.
It appears that just before it fell they had sounded the stone and thought it was not good ; but, owing to there being no loose timber near, they could not set a prop under it.
At the inquest, evidence was given, from which it appears that the men had been complaining of want of timber to the deputies for some time, and that the deputy had not been visiting the working places during the course of the shift as frequently as he should have done.
I, with Mr. Walker, afterwards visited the colliery and went fully into the question with the agent and manager, and also the men's representatives, and there is no doubt there had been cause for complaint in both cases.
The agent and manager promised an extra deputy should be set on in each shift, and that the timber should be kept close up to the face ready for use if required, in future.
The manager said he had never received any complaint from anyone of shortness of timber at the face, and there was good supply on the surface and in the pit generally and in this he was supported by the men, who said they had complained to the deputy, but to no other officials. The deputy had evidently neglected to pass on the complaints to the overman and manager, or to do anything to remedy this unsatisfactory state of affairs.
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- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590) Where to find this report
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 49, Accident Number: 316 Where to find this report
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