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| Date: | March 1971 |
| Colliery: | Ellington |
| Company: | National Coal Board |
| Cause: | Fall of Stone |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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Colin Donald Winn, an electrician was killed in March 1971 by a fall of stone 15 minutes after starting to work overtime at Ellington Colliery. Mr. Winn (27) was married with two young children. The accident happened at an underground junction where a shuttle car used for carrying coal was being manoeuvred around a turning. Mr. Winn was helping with electrical repairs to the shuttle car and was then helping to guide the 24ft long vehicle around the junction. During the manoeuvre the shuttle car nudged against a supporting prop and the roof then started to fall. Mr. Winn died from a severe blow to the back of his head and neck.
Colin Donald Winn
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 | Winn, Colin Donald, aged 27, Underground Electrician, fall of stone, married with two children, Buried: Pegswood Cemetery |
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