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Date:	30th July 1973
Colliery:	Markham
Cause:	Shaft accident, overwind, caused by failure of mechanical break of winding engine
Lives Lost:	18

Description

The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website.

	Birkin, Joseph, aged 60, Face Worker
	Briggs, Clarence, aged 52, Deputy
	Brocklehurst, Joseph William, aged 58, Deputy
	Brooks, Clifford, aged 58, Deputy
	Chapman, Henry, aged 48, Deputy
	Cooper, Gordon Richard, aged 30, Development Worker
	Eyre, George, aged 60, Gearhead Attendant
	Kilroy, Michael, aged 53, Development Worker
	Kiminsky, Jan, aged 58, Development Worker
	Plewinsky, Lucjam, aged 59, General Worker
	Reddish, Frederick, aged 53, Development Worker
	Rodgers, Wilfred, aged 59, Face Worker
	Sissons, Charles Leonard, aged 43, Road Repairer
	Stone, Frank, aged 53, Road Repairer
	Turner, Charles Richard, aged 60, Deputy
	Tyler, Albert, aged 64, Back Repairer
	White, Alfred, aged 57, Deputy
	Yates, William, aged 62, Development Worker
	All names found
	Youngest: 30 years old ; Oldest: 64 ; Average: 55
	Witnesses at the Inquiry
	Apletree, T. E., Winding Engineman
	Ashley, A. R. E., Assistant Colliery Mechanical Engineer
	Baker, G. C. W., Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
	Bilbie, R., Contractor (Assistant Onsetter)
	Blythe, M., Area Electrical Engineer
	Bowers, W., Winding Engineman
	Brown, F., Assistant Area Surveyor
	Brunt, M. R., Area Overwind Testing Engineer
	Currie, W. J., Director of Engineering National Coal Board
	Dunn, R. B., Area Director
	Fellows, J. E., Draughtsman
	Fleetwood, D., Assistant Mechanical Engineer
	Fox, W., Colliery Mechanical Engineer
	Furniss, H., Contractor (Onsetter)
	Godfrey, G., Area Chief Engineer
	Graves, C., Mechanic
	Hands, E. H., Joint Managing Director, Blacks Equipment Limited
	Harley, A. G., Area Mechanical Engineer
	Harvey, W. H., Assistant Colliery Mechanical Engineer
	Heywood, W. G., Electrician
	Hopkinson, J., H.M. Inspector of Mechanical Engineering in Mines and Quarries
	Horswill, V. P., Photographer
	Huckle, J. R., Medical Room Attendant
	Jackson, D. H., Area Maintenance Engineer and Plant Pool Manager
	Jeffrey, R., Senior Scientific Officer, Safety in Mines Research Establishment
	Jenkins, W. T., Banksman
	Kennan, R. W., Winding Engineman
	Lecutier, M. A., Pathologist
	Levers, C. C., Colliery Electrical Engineer
	Marshall, A., President, Markham No. 2 Branch National Union of Mineworkers
	Maxwell, J., Reserve Face Worker
	Munson, H. D., Senior Principal Scientific Officer, Safety in Mines Research Establishment
	Northard, J. H., Deputy Director (Mining)
	Peters, T. W., Area Chief Mining Engineer
	Pettinger, H. A. W., Director, Otis Elevator Company Limited
	Plant, J. A., Colliery Chief Engineer
	Pugh, J. F., Area Metallurgist
	Revill, E., Assistant to the Manager
	Rodgers, J., Colliery General Manager
	Stevenson, G. W., Supplies Worker
	Taylor, E. A., Deputy Colliery Mechanical Engineer
	Temple, E. T., Winding Engineman
	Tighe, R. L., Undermanager
	Treece, P., Area Overwind Testing Engineer
	Valiance, T., Deputy
	Vaughan, T. G., Development Worker
	Wall, T. L., Principal Scientific Officer, Safety in Mines Research Establishment
	Wallace, F. J., Assistant Colliery Electrical Engineer
	Ward, G., Colliery Planned Maintenance Controller
	Waterhouse, D., Senior Scientific Officer, Safety in Mines Research Establishment
	Wild, J., Development Worker
	Wingfield, R., Area Medical Officer
	Wood, P., Head of Shafts and Winding Section National Coal Board Headquarters
	Wykes, J. W., Assistant Banksman
	Yates, W. V., Repairer

The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website.

 

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