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| Date: | 17th September 1904 |
| Colliery: | Dean & Chapter |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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There were two fatal accidents from electricity during the year.
The first case was on September 17th at the Dean and Chapter Colliery belonging to the Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Company, Limited. The pit had been sunk to the Brockwell seam where they were engaged in opening out, and finishing the shaft and for the purpose electric lights were used, the wires hanging in the shaft. The accident occurred at the Harvey seam alone. It was not usual for men to ride in this pit, but as it was a Saturday morning they were being taken up this way. The deceased man who was acting as onsetter reached out to take hold of the rapper which was used to rap from the sinker to the bottom, as soon as he got hold of it he shouted to a man who was close beside him "pull me off the rapper I am fast." He pulled him away at once and felt a slight shock himself. Lee the onsetter died a few minutes afterwards. The shaft and the flatsheets on which he was standing were very wet and there is no doubt the signal wire came in contact with the lighting wires and so conveyed the current to Lee.
The cables were wrapped with india rubber and had been in about three months, but when taken out the insulator was found to be defective, and this coupled with the wet state they were in accounts for the accident. The voltage at the time was 220.
| Source: | 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506) |
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 | Lee, Thomas, aged 37, Onsetter, He was rapping to the surface, when the rapper wire by some means came in contact with the electric cable in the shaft and he received a shock from which he died within a few minutes. The voltage was 220, and the shaft and flat sheets on which he was standing were very wet |
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