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George Rankin
| Age: | 56 |
| Died: | 7th Jul 1924 |
| Accident: | 7th Jul 1924 9.20 p.m., 3rd hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1868 |
| Colliery: | West Sleekburn |
| Company: | Bedlington Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Chargeman |
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| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Underground :: Explosives |
A chargeman was killed at West Sleekburn Colliery, Northumberland. A shot was being fired in the roof of a cross-gateway. Deceased emerged from an adjoining gateway just as the shot exploded, and he was struck and fatally injured. The shotfirer had, just before firing the shot, inspected the gateway to satisfy himself that deceased was not there. Deceased had visited the place where the shot was fired only ten minutes previously, and was fully aware that a shot would be fired in a few minutes. On returning to the place he does not appear to have realised that the absence of the men betokened shotfiring operations. On the other hand, the steps taken by the shotfirer to prevent any person approaching the shot were not in accordance with the requirements of the Explosives in Coal Mines Order.
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 20
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 68, Accident Number: 106
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