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Date:	1st December 1902
Colliery:	Spa Wood (Ironstone)
Company:	Sir B. Samuelson and Co., Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 441 on the list occurred at Spa Wood Mines, belonging to Messrs. Sir B. Samuelson & Co., Ltd., on December 1st, and caused the death of a horse leader.

This accident was caused by the deceased youth having travelled on the engine plane on his way out of the mine, at the end of the shift, in contravention of the orders of the management.

He was travelling down a self-acting incline, and had got out of the way of the empty set going up, by stepping into the full way, and he was caught by the full set coming down and killed.

Refuge holes were provided at the distance required by the Coal Mines Act.

At this mine a separate travelling way is provided for the use of the men and boys, for the sole purpose of safety, and they are not allowed to travel on the engine plane. Deceased had been warned a few days before that he must go to and from his work by the travelling way and on no account travel on the engine plane.

It was nearer to where he lived to travel by the engine plane and this evidently was the reason he had not obeyed the orders he had received.

Source:

1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590) Where to find this report

	Wood, James, aged 18, Horse Leader, when travelling out-bye on an engine plane he met an empty set going inbye, and in getting out of the way of it stepped in front of a set of tubs, landing in a siding at the bottom of a self-acting incline, and the set ran over and killed him ; he should not have been where he was ; a proper travelling road is provided
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