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| Date: | 28th April 1896 |
| Colliery: | Rosedale (Ironstone) |
| Company: | Carlton Iron Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 201 on the list of occurred at Rosedale Mines, belonging to the Carlton Iron Company, Limited, on April 28th, causing the death of a miner.
The deceased man was working away a piece of stone in the bottom part of the seam with another piece resting on the top of it; while he was doing this the top piece fell on to, and fatally injured him.
He had neglected to use what is known in the Cleveland district as a leg chopper, and by so doing lost his life. The Special Rules direct that these tools should always be used, if required by the manager, when a "leg" or bottom piece of stone is being worked out.
| Source: | 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 10 Where to find this report |
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 | Watson, John, aged 34, Miner, He was under-mining a large piece of stone with a pick, when it fell suddenly and killed him |
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