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George Cooper
| Age: | 17 |
| Died: | 27th Feb 1924 |
| Accident: | 26th Feb 1924 11.55 a.m., 1st hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1907 |
| Colliery: | Sherburn House |
| Company: | Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Haulage Lad |
| Notes: | Deceased, failing to detach the clip from the over-tub haulage rope, attempted to detach the clip chain from the first of a set of eight empty tubs as they were moving by gravity down the kip at the main junction, when his head was crushed between the tub and an iron bar fixed to arrest clips which cannot ordinarily be detached. He should have observed the instructions not to interfere with clip chains until the tubs have come to rest |
| Buried: | Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn |
| Category: | Haulage :: Run over or crushed by trams or tubs |
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- 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: 69, Accident Number: 119
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