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| Date: | 5th April 1906 |
| Colliery: | Murton |
| Cause: | Accident caused by machinery |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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The first of the fatal cases occurred on 5th April at Murton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. The South Hetton Coal Co., Limited. A set of full tubs had run down a landing, and, getting off the way at a runaway switch, ran into and demolished the casing covering the return wheel. This wheel was laid almost horizontally, and a little below the general level of the road. Several men were brought from inbye to put the tubs into order again. At the same time a set, conveying the foreshift lads inbye, was running. The man who was killed was one of those sent for to come and help put the tubs in order, but having some little work to do where he was, he did not come out with the others. He came shortly afterwards by himself, and, for some unexplained reason, he stepped right into the revolving return wheel and was killed. It may be that he was blinded by the lights of the men already engaged with the tubs ; I think this is the most likely explanation of the accident.
| Source: | 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines |
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Turner, John G. A., aged 20, Shifter, he walked on to the return wheel at the inbye end of a landing | |
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