| Date: | 1925 |
| Colliery: | Blaxter Quarry |
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| Cause: | Crushed |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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A quarry labourer was fatally injured at Blaxter Quarry, Northumberland. He was assisting the driver of a 7-ton crane, which had travelled nearly to the end of a refuse tip with a large slab of stone, the jib being to the rear. The crane was standing and the driver commenced to lift the stone, when a sudden squall of wind struck the crane sideways and swung the jib round. The driver heard a cry from deceased and stopped the engine and on looking round found him sitting on the ground; he had evidently been crushed between the crane and carriage. There was a clear space of 8 in. between them, and deceased was a very spare man. It is not known whether deceased had been illegally riding on the crane or had been standing on some blocks of stone by the side of it.
| Source: | 1925 Mines Inspectors Report |
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