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Date:	23rd December 1936
Colliery:	Greenside
Cause:	Crushed by machinery
Lives Lost:	1

A landing lad, aged 14 and the holder of a safety badge, was killed at Greenside Colliery, Durham. As a full set was being hauled outbye, he was standing in front of the main rope drum of a 20 h.p. double-drum hauler to coil the incoming main rope, which was a few inches above floor level. He used an iron bar which he inserted into holes drilled in a wood block in the floor. He was pulled feet first on to the drum and part way round and died of his injuries some hours later. He stated that his trousers had been caught by the rope. The lower part of a post and rail fence between where the lad had been standing and the drums, had apparently been broken some little time previously but this had not been reported, a matter which formed the subject of legal proceedings by the company against the official responsible. There was no need for the lad to assist the coiling of this rope and he had not been instructed by any official to do so. The practice must, however, have been within the knowledge of some of the officials. In the case of a hauler properly installed, the rope should coil on the drum without attention, except perhaps where sockets are wound on the drum. Where the rope or ropes will not coil without attention, a device illustrated in Figure 6 enables the engineman to perform the operation from a place of safety near his controls. There should be no need to stress the importance of secure fencing of haulage drums; such fencing is a statutory requirement.

Source:

1936 Mines Inspectors Report

	Hughes, J. A., aged 14, Rope Guider, caught by rope and crushed
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