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Surname
FOGG
Forename
Robert
Day
06
Month
04
Year
1910
Age
38
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Eatock, Top Arley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Hindley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall from face of working place, pulling down ‘ley’ overlying coal, using a pick, stood in front, a prop close behind him and loose dirt, as the ley came he slipped falling forward so that the ley fell on him. He ought to have worked at the end more room and less liability for ley to catch him.