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Surname
BROWN
Forename
Matthew Coulson
Day
01
Month
10
Year
1912
Age
24
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Eden
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Consett Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Leadgate
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was kirving in a broken lift in a seam with the following section; top coal, 2 feet band, 1 foot; bottom coal, 3 feet. Hewers were not allowed to prop up the top coal, but had to work out the whole seam as near as possible with a straight face. The roof was bard post stone, and the previously worked lift was upstanding. He had improperly worked out the bottom coal so that the top coal was overhanging for a depth of 4 feet, when a large piece of it fell on to him and broke his back. This accident should not have occurred.