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Date:	5th February 1932
Colliery:	Whitburn
Company:	Harton Coal Co., Ltd
Cause:	Underground Haulage Accident
Lives Lost:	1
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A stoneman was killed at Whitburn Colliery, Durham. A set of three tubs of stone was being hauled outbye along a landing rising 1 in 12 by a 6 h.p. turbine air hoist when the 5/16 in. diameter haulage rope broke at the knot securing it to the bridle chain. The set ran amain for 50 yards and collided with a stationary set of four full tubs attached to the rope of another hoist. The last tub of this set had a backstay attached and was just clear of the junction of a loading gate near the face. The impact broke the stationary rope and forced the set back over the backstay. Deceased was caught and fatally injured as he attempted to enter the loading gate. The stonemen engaged, in moving the tubs had been instructed to use the backstays provided, but had failed to attach one to the outbye set, and a safety block guarding the outbye end of the loading station was rendered inoperative as the stationary set had been hauled outbye too far. Had the workmen used the safety devices provided, or had the rope been properly capped, the accident might have been avoided.

Source:

1932 Mines Inspectors Report

	Spraggon, Shotton, aged 56, Stoneman, crushed by tubs, Buried: Whitburn Cemetery
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