| Date: | 1935 |
| Colliery: | Horden |
| Company: | |
| Cause: | Crushed by tubs |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | |
At Horden Colliery, Durham, a hewer was killed whilst walking outbye at the end of his shift along an over-tub endless-rope haulage road, 11 feet wide and six feet high. Some 15 yards from the inbye end of the road the first of a set of eight full tubs became derailed and crushed him against a prop where there was normally a clearance of three feet. He was warned of the derailment but instead of sheltering in a refuge hole some five yards farther outbye he apparently became confused, and, turning back, attempted to pass the set.
| Source: | 1935 Mines Inspectors Report |
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