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Surname
BAKER
Forename
George
Day
30
Month
08
Year
1905
Age
26
Occupation
Trammer
Mine/Quarry Name
Hoyland Silkstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hoyland Silkstone Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
Hoyland
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
The deceased man was drawing timber in a longwall face. He had knocked out one of two props then struck the second one; when it fell out. A fall of stone occurred at two slips which caught and killed him. He should have used a ‘dog and chain’ to draw the prop.