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Surname
LONG
Forename
James
Day
18
Month
08
Year
1906
Age
16
Occupation
Rope attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Beamish
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Joicey & Co. Ltd
Location
Stanley
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was employed near the shaft taking forks from the loaded tubs as they arrived by the endless rope. Near where he worked is a vertical shaft carrying 3 wheels the top wheel, fixed to the shaft, receives the power from the engine by a hand rope the two lower wheels, provided with clutches, drive endless ropes on two main roads. The lowest wheel is about 3.5 feet from the floor and is 4.5 feet in diameter, and is fenced as far as is consistent with its use. The speed of the rope is 31 miles per hour. No tubs were arriving at the shaft but the ropes were running, and deceased and another boy were at these wheels and something had passed between them as to working the clutch. Deceased was between the rope going on to and coming off the lower wheel and was caught and drawn in, displacing some of the fencing. The rope was stopped at once and he was liberated. He was able to speak, and said the other boy had pushed him in; this the other boy denied. The Local Inspectors reported, ‘In our opinion it has been a pure accident and that there is no blame attached to anyone concerned.'