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Surname
FORD
Forename
Samuel Harold
Day
25
Month
07
Year
1912
Age
31
Occupation
Mechanic
Mine/Quarry Name
Podmore Hall, Minnie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Midland Coal, Coke & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Halmer End
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was examining the pulleys and other apparatus in connection with an endless rope haulage plant underground the power being transmitted from the surface by a band rope. By some means he was caught between the pulley and the ingoing rope of the power plant and was carried round almost a full revolution.