| Date: | 1925 |
| Colliery: | Hamsterley |
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| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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A hewer was caught and killed by an incoming empty set at Hamsterley Colliery, Durham, whilst he was travelling outbye along an engine plane, where no travelling road is provided and where travelling is prohibited while the haulage is in motion. Refuge holes were provided at the required intervals but deceased, instead of getting into one in plenty of time, attempted to get outbye as far as possible. This fatality points to the necessity of providing separate travelling roads, or, where this is not possible, of fixing definite travelling times so that the necessary arrangements can be made to stop haulage operations on the particular roadway during these times.
| Source: | 1925 Mines Inspectors Report |
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