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Surname
LAWSON
Forename
Robert
Day
27
Month
12
Year
1911
Age
34
Occupation
Coal Filler
Mine/Quarry Name
Horden
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Horden Collieries Ltd
Location
Horden
County
Durham
Details of Event
His usual occupation was that of a coal filler, but at the time of the accident he was working as a hewer in order to straighten the coal face. While so employed a stone 5 feet long by 3 feet 9 inches wide fell and killed him. The stone had a maximum thickness of 7 inches on the coal head, but thinned out towards the goaf. The place was fairly well timbered, the props being just within the maximum distance. A thin layer of coal above the stone probably rendered it deceptive when jowled.