Durham Mining Museum - Frank Allen

Frank Allen

Age:	36
Died:	19^th Dec 1932
Accident:	19^th Dec 1932
Year Born:	abt. 1896
Colliery:	Usworth
Company:
Occupation:	Driller
Notes:	caught by conveyor
Buried:	Washington Cemetery


Description

A driller at Usworth Colliery, Durham, was removing a trailing cable from a longwall conveyor face, when his foot inadvertently pushed the cover plate partially off the top of the sheet iron box protecting the return end of a Blackett gateway conveyor. Shortly afterwards when leaving the face he accidentally stepped into the box. His leg was drawn into the conveyor chain bearing down pulley and crushed against the pans. He sustained fatal injuries. Three of the four top bolts securing the plate were missing. These had probably been forced out by a piece of wood becoming entangled in the conveyor chain. The machinery had been examined on the previous day when all the top bolts were in position and it was known that the plate was not displaced a few minutes before the accident.

To prevent a repetition of a similar accident, a cover plate with turned down flanges, secured with bolts and check nuts, was fitted.


Tombstone

Washington — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ314567

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Names on this tombstone
Name	Died	Age	Born
Frank ALLEN	19^th Dec 1932	36	1896
Sarah Elizabeth ALLEN


Sources

1932 Mines Inspectors Report
Church/Cemetery photograph (T-01160-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
Tombstone photograph (T-01177-01-0002) © Kev Duncan


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