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Surname
COOPER
Forename
William Henry
Day
07
Month
12
Year
1914
Age
18
Occupation
Taker-Off
Mine/Quarry Name
Glebe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fenton Collieries Ltd
Location
Fenton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was employed at the bottom of a jig in the Hard Mine seam. He had just sent away a tub from the bottom of the jig, when a large slab of rock 18 feet long by 6 feet wide and 9 inches thick, suddenly fell from the roof, knocked of down, and partially buried him. He was quickly extricated, but he died half an hour after. The roof was considered to be strong and was therefore not timbered. After the fall a slip was exposed by the sound of a goth. Instructions were subsequently given that all similar landings must be timbered in future.