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Thomas Witherspoon
| Age: | 40 |
| Died: | 13th Nov 1924 |
| Accident: | 13th Nov 1924 10.35 a.m., 4th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1884 |
| Colliery: | Newfield, Pelton |
| Company: | Owners of Pelton Colliery Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On Surface :: By Machinery |
A labourer was killed at Pelton Newfield Colliery, Durham. Deceased was assisting to change the safety chain on the tension wheel of an aerial ropeway. He got off a ladder and sat on the boss of a wheel with his legs through the spokes. Whilst he was in this position the rope started. He was taken round the wheel and was severely crushed against the "U" piece holding the weights. Death was instantaneous. The men doing the work had not definitely ascertained that the attendant at the driving end knew what they were doing, and in consequence there was a misunderstanding. Deceased had no business to be where he was, and should have stayed on the ladder, from which point the work could have been performed.
- 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: 29
- 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: 174
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