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Surname
BADMAN
Forename
Arthur James
Day
06
Month
05
Year
1913
Age
43
Occupation
Timberman
Mine/Quarry Name
Farrington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Farrington Colliery Co.
Location
Farrington Gurney
County
Somersetshire
Details of Event
He was in a machine-cut longwall face at the beginning of his shift and had taken down some following stone. Whilst this was being removed, a solid piece of rock, boat-shaped, 10 to 12 feet long, with a maximum width of about 4 feet and a maximum depth of 2.5 feet, fell from between two slippery joints, converging upwards, on to his legs and the lower part of his body. He was quickly released and taken to hospital, but died the same day. He had sounded the stone which fell and had remarked that it was as hard as a bull; its great thickness would prevent its looseness being detected by sounding. The face had been standing for a week, and this circumstance would contribute to the fall of the stone.