| Date: | 1933 |
| Colliery: | Ashington |
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| Cause: | Electric shock |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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Another fatality occurred at Ashington Colliery, Northumberland. An electrician was locating a fault on the face circuits, having previously arranged for a fitter to open and close the feeder switch on receipt of separate predetermined signals. Owing to a confusion in the signals the fitter closed the switch while the electrician was removing the terminal nuts from a tee-disconnecting box and he received a fatal shock. Proper and adequate precautions should have been taken to isolate the circuit and to ensure that it remained isolated until the fault had been removed and the work completed.
| Source: | 1933 Mines Inspectors Report |
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