LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Bilsthorpe Colliery collapse

Genre

Interview

TX Date

28 Jul 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:04:33

Description

Malcolm Brown interviews Sir Bernard Crossland, author of an independent report into the collapse at the Bilsthorpe Colliery in Nottinghamshire on 18/08/93 where three miners were killed. He says the controversial rock bolting technique should not have been used there; and on who was to blame and his recommendations.

Contributors

Malcolm Brown; Bernard Crossland

Keywords

Reports; Coal mining; Coal industry; Coal mines; Mines; Nottinghamshire; Coal mine accidents; Bilsthorpe Colliery

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