Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	19th October 1936
Colliery:	Hetton
Cause:	Crushed by cage
Lives Lost:	1

A screener, aged 15, who had not attended classes in safety principles, was killed at Hetton Colliery, Durham. He and others were engaged in loading timber trains to be raised by a steam hoist from the surface timber yards to the heapstead level 24 ft. 6 in. above. Contrary to specific instructions, lie rode with a loaded tram in the hoist cage which stopped about a foot below the heapstead level. Just as the cage was being lowered preparatory to bringing it up to the proper mark, he stepped out and was crushed between the top hoop of the cage and the heapstead staging. Legal proceedings were taken by the company against the person operating the hoist, who was accessory to the offence.

Source:

1936 Mines Inspectors Report

	Summerbell, John, aged 15, Screen Boy, caught by cage, Buried: Hetton-le-Hole Cemetery
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