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Surname
SWAINSTONE
Forename
James
Day
18
Month
03
Year
1909
Age
26
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Langley Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Consett Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Langley Park
County
Durham
Details of Event
He and his marrow had taken away the bottom section of the seam and had left the top section overhanging and unsupported. A piece of the latter fell and fractured his skull. This fatality was due to non-observance of the rule as to spragging.