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| Date: | 14th June 1904 |
| Colliery: | Shildon Lodge |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 222 on the list occurred at Shildon Lodge Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Ltd., on June 14th, and caused the death of a fitter. Two men were firing a gunpowder shot in the face of a gateway canch, and after lighting it one of the men went along the gateway to prevent anyone coming towards the shot in that direction, and the other proceeded along the longwall face on the side he knew men were working at a coal cutter; this left the other side unprotected, and the deceased fitter, who had been sent for to do some repairs at the coal cutter, was travelling along the face towards it and unfortunately arrived near the shot after it was lighted. The man who had gone along the face saw him coming and shouted to stop him several times, but the deceased evidently did not hear him, as he came on and got close to the shot. when it exploded and so severely injured him that he died the following day.
The manager, since this accident occurred, has arranged that men firing shots in longwall faces must be supplied with fences or boards stating a shot is being fired, and they are to be placed across all the places leading to the shot. This certainly is an improvement, and if the shot firers only use them they should prevent accidents of this. kind in future.
| Source: | 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506) |
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Anderson, George, aged 33, Fitter, he was hurrying along a long wall face to repair a coal cutter; two men had prepared and lit a powder shot in the top canch of a gateway; one went along the face and the other to the cross gateway to prevent anyone approaching the shot; the one in the face saw someone coming, and shouted repeatedly to him to keep back, but he apparently had not heard and got close to the shot when it exploded and the stones from it hit him about the head and shoulders, causing fatal injuries; died 3¾ hours afterwards | |
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