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| Date: | 7th May 1906 |
| Colliery: | Eldon |
| Cause: | Fall of stone |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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At Eldon Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Pease and Partners, Limited, on May 7th, two men had cut a jud with a coal cutter in the Brockwell Seam. They were then taking down the coal cutter upright stand when a fall of roof occurred and killed one of them and injured the other. The place was 10 feet wide and the nearest timber supports were 9 feet back from the face. The maximum distance allowed is 6 feet. In this case no doubt the upright stand of the coal-cutting machine would support the roof so long as it was screwed up tight, but on its being loosened, whatever support it might have given, was lost. It was said at the inquest that the machine could not have been worked if the timber had been set nearer the face. This is not the case, and I must emphasise the fact that under no conditions can the stands of coal-cutting machines be accepted as roof supports within the meaning of the timbering rules.
| Source: | 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449) |
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Curry, James, aged 22, Machineman, He and his marrow were taking down the standard of a coal-cutting machine, when a large stone fell, killing him. The roof supports were not set in compliance with the Special Rules. | |
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