| Date: | 1933 |
| Colliery: | South Hetton |
| Company: | |
| Cause: | Fall on roadway |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | |
An experienced stoneman was killed at South Hetton Colliery, Durham, when working with three others at a fall of roof eight yards long, on an engine plane. The greater part of the debris had been cleared away and deceased was preparing to set a baulk when a thin slab of roof, nine feet long and seven feet wide, fell and killed him. The accident should not have occurred had the men taken the ordinary precaution of setting temporary supports.
| Source: | 1933 Mines Inspectors Report |
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