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Surname
FAIL
Forename
John M.
Day
08
Month
05
Year
1911
Age
43
Occupation
Coal Filler
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumley, 6th Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd
Location
Great Lumley
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was making a hole in the coal on a coal cutter face to receive the end of a plank, when a piece of stone 11 feet long, of an irregular width, 15 inches thick over the coal face and running to a feather edge on the goaf side, fell on to him. It came off at a slip running along the coal face and one at right angles to it. The Timbering Rules at the Colliery required fillers to set planks every four feet, but when deceased was working the nearest plank was 12 feet away. The failure to observe the rule was the cause of the man's death.