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Date:	24th July 1906
Colliery:	Burnhope
Company:	U. A. Ritson and Sons Ltd.
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1
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The third case occurred on July 24th, in the Bottom Busty Seam at Burnhope Colliery, belonging to Messrs. U. A. Ritson and Sons, Limited, and resulted in the death of a coal hewer. The man was working in a headways skirting and had advanced the fast side of the place sonic three feet, and had put in a pair of gears 2' 10" from the face. He had then turned round to take off the loose end bordways way. He had nearly got all this loose end piece of coal out, without putting in any timber, when a fall occurred and he was killed. The maximum timbering distance allowed in this seam at this colliery is 2 feet, so that even in the fast side he had gone further than he ought without putting in supports to protect himself; and, in taking out the loose end, he was as much as 3 feet in excess of the maximum distance. There was no need for this man to have been killed. The stone which fell could easily have been supported, and there was a plentiful supply of timber near at hand for his use.

If the system which is already adopted at many collieries, of having at least two inspections of the working places during each shift were made general, it would have a tendency to prevent the hewers exceeding the maximum distances between the timbers, and so save accidents from falls.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report

	Heslop, Edward, aged 23, Hewer, He was killed by a fall of roof in his working place. He had neglected to set timber in accordance with the Special Rules., Buried: St. John's Churchyard, Burnhope
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