| Date: | 1929 |
| Colliery: | Seghill |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
A deputy was killed at Seghill Colliery, Northumberland. He was engaged in withdrawing roof supports on the tailgate of an abandoned conveyor face and was using an axe to knock out a prop which was supporting one end of a pair of gears, when a stone weighing about 6 tons fell from the roof and killed him instantly. The accident would have been avoided had he used the Sylvester which was near at hand.
| Source: | 1929 Mines Inspectors Report |
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