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| Date: | 1st April 1935 |
| Colliery: | Burnmoor, D Pit |
| Cause: | By machinery |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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A coal-cutting machineman was killed at Burnmoor "D" Colliery, Durham. An electrically-driven arcwall coal-cutting machine was being flitted under power along a level roadway 12 feet wide and five feet high. To ensure the machine taking a ten-foot radius curve the machineman was leaning with his back against a short wooden prop which he was using as a lever when he slipped and fell beneath the machine.
| Source: | 1935 Mines Inspectors Report |
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Best, J. B., aged 36, Cutter, crushed | |
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