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| Date: | 2nd November 1968 |
| Colliery: | Dawdon |
| Company: | National Coal Board |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 3 |
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The three men were working on the stone tippler at Noses Point. Some of the bolts needed replacing and to do it the tipper had to be supported. While they were underneath the tippler (about 10 tons of it), the supports collapsed, crushing them.
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 | Baron, Joseph William (jnr), aged 32, crushed while working on stone tippler, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham |
| | Mallet, Sidney, crushed while working on stone tippler |
| | Perry, Reginald, crushed while working on stone tippler |
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