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Surname
ANSLOW
Forename
Thomas
Day
17
Month
07
Year
1906
Age
33
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Cannock Chase, No.9
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cannock Chase Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Cannock
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was watching a stallman pulling down a piece of coal end a buttock end in a 5 feet seam. He stood about 4 feet from the coal face and about 8 feet from the stallman. The latter told him to stand back, but deceased said he was ‘all right’. When the coal came away it knocked out a temporary prop set near the face, which struck deceased and knocked him against the corner of the pack, fracturing his skull. Had the stallman exercised ordinary care he would have insisted upon deceased getting out of the way before pulling down the coal.