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Surname
TEEDALE
Forename
John
Day
30
Month
09
Year
1911
Age
23
Occupation
Elevator Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Auckland Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Bishop Auckland
County
Durham
Details of Event
The engineman saw that the elevators had stopped, and not having received a signal from the deceased as usual, went to ascertain the cause and found him crushed between the lower side of a belt wheel and a girder. There is no evidence to show why he was in that position, but it is thought that he must have got through the fence to turn the Stauffer lubricator, and in doing so was caught by the wheel. Definite instructions had been given that machinery must not be oiled when in motion, and these instructions appear to have been generally carried out as there is ample time to stop and oil.