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III. Management
The colliery is in the National Coal Board No. 4 Area of the East Midlands Division and the principal officials at the time were as follows:—-
| Area General Manager | Mr. F. D. Severn |
| Area Production Manager | Mr. T. Wright |
| Deputy Area Production Manager (Operations) | Mr. C. Round |
| (Planning) | Mr. J. Atkinson |
| Group Manager | Mr. T. Frith |
| Manager (Acting) | Mr. A. Stone |
| Under-manager (Acting) | Mr. W. Bacon |
The previous manager, Mr. E. Maiden, had left to take charge of another colliery on 1st February, 1957, and the under-manager, Mr. A. Stone, was appointed temporary manager.
The officials in No. 28's district of the Low Main seam were:—
| Day Shift Overman | Mr. T. Buckley |
| Deputy | Mr. J. W. Kirk |
| Shot Firer | Mr. S. Derbyshire |
| Afternoon Shift Overman | Mr. W. Warren |
| Deputy | Mr. J. Aldred |
| Night Shift Overman | Mr. A. Walker |
| Deputy | Mr. M. Cox |
As is customary on these fully mechanised faces, the face work was split up into stints, each about 30 yards long. Ten men, working in pairs, were employed for advancing the conveyor and for setting and withdrawing the supports; five men were employed to fill out the coal at the loader gate stable hole, remove the original left side pack of the loader gate and take up the floor of the loader gate so that the conveyor driving engine could be advanced; four men were employed filling out the coal at the return gate stable and two additional men were working at the left end of the face where it was slowly being extended.
At the time of the explosion the workmen were deployed as follows:—
| 1 | Machine Operator |
| 2 | Machine Assistants |
| 1 | Chargeman |
| 10 | Facemen (five pairs) |
| 5 | Loader Gate Stable Hole Fillers |
| 4 | Return Gate Stable Hole Fillers |
| 5 | Return Gate Rippers |
| 2 | Return Gate Repairers (both in loader gate at the time) |
| 2 | Stablers extending left end of face |
| 1 | Transfer Point Attendant |
| 1 | Stage Loader Attendant (about 20 yards from face) |
| 34 | Total |
| There were the following officials:—- | |
| 1 | Shot Firer |
| 1 | Deputy |
| 1 | Acting Under-manager |
In addition there were two electricians and a fitter, making a total of 40 in the district at the time.
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