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Surname
WEST
Forename
Joseph
Day
04
Month
07
Year
1900
Age
45
Occupation
Timber Unloader at shaft bottom
Mine/Quarry Name
South Hetton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Haswell
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was standing on the top of the gate bars at the Main Coal Seam hanging side on when the cage moved and he took hold of a chain which was round some timber on the cage top and was carried up against the shaft timbering and this caused him to fall back on to the gate bars and the blow killed him.