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Surname
SCURR
Forename
Charles
Day
08
Month
05
Year
1911
Age
27
Occupation
Chargeman
Mine/Quarry Name
Tudhoe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
Tudhoe
County
Durham
Details of Event
This accident occurred in a seam 2 feet thick where longwall coal cutting machines are used The coal is overlaid by a ramble stone 4 inches thick, which is propped up when there is plenty of height for the machines to travel under it. After the face had stood over a week end, the deceased examined it, and found it necessary to take down a short length of ramble which formed a bridge, the ramble being down at each end. He drew out the props carrying it and was just finishing clearing it away when a stone 7 feet long, 3 feet wide and 15 inches thick fell on to him. This stone came away at a visible breaker running parallel with the face, and a slip running from the coal face, obliquely into the roof cutting the breaker. The maximum timbering distance was 6 feet and a good pack was built 5ft from the coal.