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Prosecutions by Direction of the Secretary for Mines.
| Description of Defendant | Offence Charged | Result of Proceedings | Penalty | Costs | ||||
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| Mine: Rising Sun, Owners: Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co. Ltd. | ||||||||
| Agent | Sec. 29 (1) : Failing constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation (14 Informations) |
Conviction | 70 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manager | Sec. 29 (1) : Failing constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation (14 Informations) |
Conviction | 70 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Agent | Sec. 29 (1) : Failing constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation (2 Informations) |
Dismissed | ||||||
| Manager | Sec. 29 (1) : Failing constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation (2 Informations) |
Dismissed | ||||||
| Agent | Explosives in Coal Mines Order, Clause 6 (f) (I) : Failing to see that the shotfirer examined with a locked flame safety lamp the place where a shot was fired (6 Informations) |
Conviction | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manager | Explosives in Coal Mines Order, Clause 6 (f) (I) : Failing to see that the shotfirer examined with a locked flame safety lamp the place where a shot was fired (6 Informations) |
Conviction | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Agent | Explosives in Coal Mines Order, Clause 6 (d) : Failing to see that a shotfirer, before a shothole was charged examined the hole for breaks (2 Informations) |
Conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Agent | Explosives in Coal Mines Order, Clause 6 (f) (ii) Failing to see that a shotfirer before firing a shot thoroughly treated with incombustible dust or with water the place where a shot was fired |
Dismissed | ||||||
| Agent | Explosives in Coal Mines Order, Clause 6 (f) (ii) Failing to see that a shotfirer before firing a shot thoroughly treated with incombustible dust or with water the place where a shot was fired |
Withdrawn | ||||||
| Manager | Gen. Reg. 38 : Failing to see that a sufficient supply of proper materials and appliances were always provided for the purpose of carrying out the examination required by Clause 6 (d) of Explosives in Coal Mines Order (2 Informations) |
Conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Manager | Gen. Reg. 38 : Failing to see that a sufficient supply of proper materials and appliances were always provided for the purpose of carrying out the treatment with incombustible dust or with water as required by Clause 6 (f) (ii) of the Explosives in Coal Mines Order |
Dismissed | ||||||
| Manager | Gen. Reg. 38 : Failing to see that a sufficient supply of proper materials and appliances were always provided for the purpose of carrying out the treatment with incombustible dust or with water as required by Clause 6 (f) (ii) of the Explosives in Coal Mines Order |
Withfrawn | ||||||
| Total | 220 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mine: Bishop Middleham, Owners: Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd. | ||||||||
| Agent | Sec. 29 (1) : Failing constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation |
Conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Manager | Sec. 29 (1) : Failing constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation |
Conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Mine: Herrington, Owners: Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd. | ||||||||
| Agent | Sec. 29 (1) : Failing constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| Manager | Sec. 29 (1) : Failing constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Agent | Gen. Reg. 127 (v) : Failure to see that all parts of an electrically driven coal-cutter were not so constructed, installed and protected as to prevent open sparking |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manager | Gen. Reg. 127 (v) : Failure to see that all parts of an electrically driven coal-cutter were not so constructed, installed and protected as to prevent open sparking |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Electrician | Gen. Reg. 127 (v) : Failure to see that all parts of an electrically driven coal-cutter were not so constructed, installed and protected as to prevent open sparking |
Conviction | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Agent | Gen. Reg. 132 (I) : Failing to see that a certain apparatus was not so constructed, installed, protected, worked and maintained that in the normal working thereof there was no risk of open sparking |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manager | Gen. Reg. 132 (I) : Failing to see that a certain apparatus was not so constructed, installed, protected, worked and maintained that in the normal working thereof there was no risk of open sparking |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Electrician | Gen. Reg. 132 (I) : Failing to see that a certain apparatus was not so constructed, installed, protected, worked and maintained that in the normal working thereof there was no risk of open sparking |
Conviction | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Manager | C. M. R. Act, 1908 Allowing workmen to be belowground for the purposes of their work for more than the statutory period |
Withdrawn on payment of costs | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 0 | ||
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- 1930 Mines Inspectors Report
