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| Date: | 17th July 1899 |
| Colliery: | Trimdon |
| Company: | Walter Scott, Ltd. |
| Cause: | Fall of roof or side |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 287 on the list occurred at Trimdon Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Walter Scott, Ltd., on July 17th, and caused the death of a coal hewer.
In the seam in which this accident happened there is a stone band about 11 inches thick, in the middle of the seam. The method of working is to take the bottom coal out first, then to take the band down, and finally to shoot the top coal. It is of the greatest importance, as far as safety is concerned, that the band should be taken down as the bottom coal is taken out, in order that the hewer may never be working under it, it being very treacherous, and there are slips in it.
The deceased man had taken the bottom coal out for a distance of 3 feet, and as he had 1 foot of band on before he did this, it meant that he had 4 feet of band on after he bad done so. The loose coal was lying under this band, and instead of taking the band down at once, he commenced to fill the coal into the tub, and while he was doing so the band fell, and caught and killed him.
It is to be regretted that he did not take the band down, as he should have done to keep himself safe.
| Source: | 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report |
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 | McHale, Patrick, aged 27, Hewer, There is a band of stone, 11 inches thick, in the seam in which deceased was working, and when he was casting back the coals from under it, a part of it fell upon and killed him. |
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