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Surname
LOWE
Forename
John
Day
04
Month
07
Year
1911
Age
37
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Eldon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pease & Partners Ltd
Location
Shildon
County
Durham
Details of Event
This man was hewing in a headways 10 feet wide in a seam 5 feet 3 inches thick. The roof of the place was a stone band covered by a top coal which was hot worked. The maximum timbering distance was 6 feet. The nearest pair of gears to the face was 4 feet from the coal before the hewers started kirving. They kirved under the hand for a distance of 3 feet without putting in any more roof supports. The band forming the roof was thinner at this place than usual, being only about 7 inches, and while the deceased was sitting waiting for the putter a large flag of stone fell. It canted out the last pair of gears under which deceased was sitting and fell on to him, inflicting such injuries that he died almost immediately. The timbering rule was not carried out. If it had been the accident would probably not have happened.