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Surname
JENKINS
Forename
Thomas Ernest
Day
01
Month
11
Year
1911
Age
22
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Stanley (c)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pease & Partners Ltd
Location
Waterhouses
County
Durham
Details of Event
Owing to the closing of the colliery the heapstead was being dismantled and a crane was standing upon and secured to the floor of the heapstead 20 feet above the ground level. The back stays were fastened to the planking by means of bolts passing through bent iron straps. At the time of the accident Jenkins was pushing round the jib and directing the raising of a piece of timber weighing about 9 cwts. Suddenly the iron strap at the foot of one of the back stays broke, and the crane toppled over and swept deceased off the heapstead, and he fell on to some timber lying on tile ground. The iron strap broke at a flaw which was almost impossible to detect although the crane was regularly examined.