| Date: | 1925 |
| Colliery: | Rogerley Quarry |
| Company: | |
| Cause: | Crushed by trucks on surface |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | |
A quarry foreman was fatally injured at Rogerley Quarry, Durham. An engine pushed three empty tubs up a rail road that had been extended alongside the face of a quarry loading bench. When stopped at its destination the side of the engine was scraping against a piece of projecting rock. Deceased examined the place and went away. One truck was uncoupled and the engine pulled the other two outbye, but before it had travelled far it had to be stopped because of a piece of rock falling between the face and the engine. The rear truck was then just clear of the projecting rock. Deceased returned and unknown to the engine driver, went behind the trucks to examine the face again. In order to release the fallen piece of rock, the driver reversed the engine and deceased was crushed between the buffer of the truck and the face. He sustained severe internal injuries and died next day. This fatality would not have occurred if ordinary care had been exercised.
| Source: | 1925 Mines Inspectors Report |
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