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| Date: | 1928 |
| Colliery: | Murton |
| Cause: | By machinery |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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An engine cleaner at Murton Colliery, Durham, climbed over a double rail fence and commenced to clean the connecting rod of the winding engine when the machine was in motion. His foot slipped and was caught between the connecting rod and distance piece of the bedplate. He succumbed from his injuries two days later.
In all three cases there was a notice posted in the immediate vicinity of the site of the accident warning persons that the machinery must not be cleaned or oiled when in motion, whilst the only protection provided was a rail fence. The sooner those responsible for the adequate fencing of machinery come to realise that a rail fence can very seldom provide adequate protection for most machinery the better will it be for all concerned. If fencing of the kind illustrated in Plates VI and VII, had been provided in the above cases, I feel sure that these fatalities would not have occurred. I refer more fully to this important matter of adequate fencing of machinery later on in my report.
| Source: | 1928 Mines Inspectors Report |
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