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| Date: | 13th November 1900 |
| Colliery: | Shildon Lodge |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | Accident on Surface |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 427 on the list occurred at Shildon Lodge Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Ltd., on November 13th, and caused the death of a boiler-minder.
Deceased had been repairing a bolt of an eccentric strap belonging to the engine which drives the screens and belts. He then had the engine star ted, and was going to put a belt on; he stooped down to do so, when his coat got entangled with the bolts of a coupling in a shaft, and as it was revolving at a speed of 60 revolutions per minute, he was carried round it.
The engine was stopped as quickly as possible, but not before he was very badly injured. He died two days afterwards.
Since this accident the shaft in question has been boxed in to prevent an accident of a similar kind happening again.
When men are working near to machinery in motion, which at times cannot be avoided, they ought to exercise great care to keep their clothing from hanging loosely on them. Coats should either be taken off or buttoned close so as to prevent a shaft or wheel catching them.
| Source: | 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 32 Where to find this report |
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 | Ranson, George (died: 15 Nov 1900) , aged 29, Boiler minder, He had been repairing a broken bolt on the eccentric strap of an engine and started it again, he then stooped down to pick up a lamp when his coat became entangled with a bolt on the coupling of a shaft and was dragged over before the machinery could be stopped. Died on the 15th. |
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