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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: Ushaw Moor, Owners: Pease & Partners Ltd. | ||||||||
| Owner | Sec. 29 : Failing to constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation |
Dismissed | ||||||
| Agent | Sec. 29 : Failing to constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation |
Conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 |
| Manager | Sec. 29 : Failing to constantly to produce an adequate amount of ventilation |
Conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 |
| Under Manager | General Regulation 41 : Failing to enforce to the best of his power the provisions of Section 29 (I), Coal Mines Aact 1911 |
Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act 1907, on payment of 4/- costs of Court | ||||||
| Owner | Section 34 (1)(I): Failing to see that on 17th and 18th November, 1932, safety lamps were used which had not since last in use been thoroughly examined at the surface by a competant person and found in safe working order and securely locked (two charges) |
Withdrawn | ||||||
| Agent | Section 34 (1)(I): Failing to see that on 17th and 18th November, 1932, safety lamps were used which had not since last in use been thoroughly examined at the surface by a competant person and found in safe working order and securely locked (two charges) |
Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act 1907, on payment of 4/- costs of Court and £1 6. 3. Costs of Prosecution | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Manager | Section 34 (1)(I): Failing to see that on 17th and 18th November, 1932, safety lamps were used which had not since last in use been thoroughly examined at the surface by a competant person and found in safe working order and securely locked (two charges) |
Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act 1907, on payment of 4/- costs of Court and £1 6. 3. Costs of Prosecution | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Under Manager | Section 34 (1)(I) & General Regulation 41: Failing to see that on 17th and 18th November, 1932, safety lamps were used which had not since last in use been thoroughly examined at the surface by a competant person and found in safe working order and securely locked (two charges) |
Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act 1907, on payment of 4/- costs of Court in respect of each charge | ||||||
| Mine: Fishburn, Owners: Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. | ||||||||
| Manager | Section 48: Failing to provide some proper means of communicating distinct and definite signals between all regular stopping places and the ends of the road |
Conviction | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| Under Manager | General Regulation 41 : Failing to enforce to the best of his power the provisions of Section 48, Coal Mines Aact 1911 |
Conviction | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| Manager | Section 44 (1): Failing to provide sufficient refuge holes at intervals of not more than ten yards |
Conviction | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Under Manager | General Regulation 41 : Failing to enforce to the best of his power the provisions of Section 44 (1), Coal Mines Aact 1911 |
Conviction | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Mine: Walbottle Percy, Owners: Lemington Colliery Co. Ltd. | ||||||||
| Owner | Sections 14, 64 & 101(2): Failing to appoint in writing a competant person as fireman, examiner or deputy to make inspections and a full and accurate report |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manager | Sections 14, 64 & 101(2): Failing to appoint in writing a competant person as fireman, examiner or deputy to make inspections and a full and accurate report |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Owner | Sections 63, 64(1) & (3): Allowing workmen to pass beyond a station before a part of the mine beyond that station had been examined and reported to be safe |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manager | Sections 63, 64(1) & (3): Allowing workmen to pass beyond a station before a part of the mine beyond that station had been examined and reported to be safe |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Owner | Section 65: Failing to see that an inspection by a fireman, examiner or deputy was not made twice at least in the course of each shift of all parts of the mine beyond a meeting station, and to record a report of the last such inspection in a book |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manager | Section 65: Failing to see that an inspection by a fireman, examiner or deputy was not made twice at least in the course of each shift of all parts of the mine beyond a meeting station, and to record a report of the last such inspection in a book |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Owner | Section 80(1) & (4): Failure of forthwith send the prescribed notice of an accident caused by an explosion of gas |
Conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 |
| Manager | Section 80(1) & (4): Failure of forthwith send the prescribed notice of an accident caused by an explosion of gas |
Conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Owner | Section 80(1) & (4): Failure of forthwith send the prescribed notice of an accident caused by an explosion of gas |
Conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 |
| Manager | Section 80(1) & (4): Failure of forthwith send the prescribed notice of an accident caused by an explosion of gas |
Conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Owner | Section 32(1)(b): Allowing lamps or lights other than locked safety lamps to be used in a seam in which an explosion of inflammable gas, causing peronal injury had occurred |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manager | Section 32(1)(b): Allowing lamps or lights other than locked safety lamps to be used in a seam in which an explosion of inflammable gas, causing peronal injury had occurred |
Conviction | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
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- 1933 Mines Inspectors Report
