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Date:	1925
Colliery:	Seaham
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Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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A filler was fatally injured at Seaham Colliery, Durham. He was struck by a small piece of coal and sustained a deep punctured wound on the chest. He died four months later. The piece of coal was projected 61 ½ ft. by an electrically-fired shot charged with 8 oz. of explosive. It had ricocheted from the roof and pierced a brattice sheet in its path. The course of a piece of material projected from a shot cannot be predetermined and the only safeguard is to get as far away as possible and round as many turns as are available.

Source:

1925 Mines Inspectors Report

	Davies, Thomas (died: 11 Mar 1925) , aged 47, Filler, shot fired
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