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Surname
DEANS
Forename
William
Day
30
Month
03
Year
1953
Age
48
Occupation
Bank Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Brandon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Brandon & Byshottles
County
Durham
Details of Event
Killed while unloading a girder from underneath a cage; the girder had worked loose on its way up and as he reached to pull it in he, and the girder, fell to the bottom of the 396 ft shaft.