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Surname
CLARK
Forename
Ernest
Day
01
Month
08
Year
1906
Age
22
Occupation
Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Cramlington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cramlington
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased had taken the place for two or three weeks of the regular screen engineman who was ill. He had oiled the machinery in connection with the screens and belts before work started, and on the day of the accident was directed as usual to attend to this by the enginewright at 5.45am, and he was seen oiling some tellers about 6.30am. About 6 50am when the screen engine had been running about 20 minutes, it stepped, and on an examination being made, it was found that deceased had been caught by bevel wheels placed above the floor line and below the level of the belts, and his body had stopped the engine. An oil can was found on the top of a journal in which one of the bevel wheels worked. The wheels were well fenced and oiling machinery in motion is forbidden. He may have left the oil can where it was found and gone back for it when he was caught. The Local Inspectors made no report on the case.