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Surname
COLEMAN
Forename
Cyril Charles
Day
23
Month
03
Year
1941
Age
16
Occupation
Tension Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
International
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
International Colliery Co. (Blaengarw) Ltd
Location
Blaengarw
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Spill board tension bars had broken and removed by foreman to inspect the belt and Coleman began to clean duff. Foreman warned him not to do anything until he had inspected the belt and heard him shout and found him with his arm caught in pulley - compound fractured arm. Died 4th Sept.