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Surname
EATOCK
Forename
William
Day
26
Month
06
Year
1913
Age
50
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Hindley Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Crompton & Shawcross Ltd
Location
Hindley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Deceased was holing in the bottom coal, and bad undercut about 10 feet long and 3 feet 6 inches deep. He had two short sprags set under the coal, and a "head sprag" set to the middle of the seam. While he was lying on his side holing, a large piece of coal, about 8 feet long and 1 foot 6 inches thick, fell over on top of his head and shoulders, causing instant death. The coal parted away from a facing, and displaced one of the abort sprags and the head sprag.