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Date:	12th September 1906
Colliery:	Malton
Company:	S. A. Sadler Ltd.
Cause:	By machinery
Lives Lost:	1
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The fourth fatal case occurred on September 12th at Malton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. S. A. Sadler, Limited. This was another case of oiling the bearings of shafting whilst the machinery was in motion. This had been done for a long time, and might have been done with safety on this occasion had the man not gone about his work in a contrary way to the usual method. There were two shafts one above the other. To oil the bearings of the top one he had a ladder which he usually placed on the east side of the wall carrying the shaft bearing. He then was accustomed to take his ladder round to put it on the west side of the wall to oil the bearings of the lower shaft. On the occasion when he was killed he had tried to oil the bearings from. the west side of the wall, and whilst oiling a clutch his clothing got caught and he was whirled round and round by the shafting.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 23 Where to find this report

	Toward, Robert Anthony, aged 20, Oiler, When oiling revolving shafting he was caught and so severely injured that he died the same day., Buried: All Saints, Lanchester
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