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Surname
GOOSTREY
Forename
Issac
Day
24
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
30
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Westleigh
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Westleigh
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Deceased and four other men were engaged in turning round the drum in of a new winding engine, using a plank as a lever. Before the men pressed down on the lever, the deceased, who was at the end of it, fell off the planks he was standing on into the space between the engine bell pillars, a distance of 22 feet. There was no reason why he should have fallen off, but he was a somewhat nervous man, and there was no proper flooring on the engine house, the engine being in the course of erection. He died on July 10th from the injuries received.