Pit explosion discussed
- Title
- Pit explosion discussed
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 13 Jun 1975
- Year of production
- 1975
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- Duration
- 00:02:11
- Description
- Speech in the Commons by Dennis Skinner MP, on the explosion at Houghton Main Colliery in south Yorkshire that has resulted in five deaths and one man with serious injuries. Asks that investigation takes into account increased productivity undertaken that has resulted in miners working thinner and less stable seams, and the need for extra safeguards. Employment minister Albert Booth replies and accepts there is a price to dangerous occupations.
- Further information
- see: <http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1975/jun/13/houghton-main-colliery-explosion>
- Contributors
- Dennis Skinner; Albert Booth
- Keywords
- Deaths; Working conditions; Coal mining; Mining disasters; Coal mines; Labour productivity; Explosions
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