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Ralph Dixon
| Age: | 14 |
| Died: | 14th Oct 1924 |
| Accident: | 14th Oct 1924 1.20 p.m., 8th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1910 |
| Colliery: | East Hetton |
| Company: | Walter Scott Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Screener |
| Notes: | crushed |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On Surface :: By Machinery |
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By Machinery.
At East Hetton Colliery, Durham, a screenboy was preparing to leave his work at a canvas cleaning belt, when his bait tin fell between the upper and lower portions of the belt and was carried to the belt return drum. He went to a lower level, and in attempting to recover the tin his arm was drawn on to the drum by the belt and torn off with fatal results. It was against instructions for anyone except the machinery attendant to go to the lower level.
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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: 28
- 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: 75, Accident Number: 172
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