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Surname
HOLLAND
Forename
Frederick William
Day
19
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
32
Occupation
Holer
Mine/Quarry Name
Kingsbury
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kingsbury Collieries Ltd
Location
Tamsworth
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
Deceased was a regular holer, but owing to the absence of a loader he was asked to take his place for that shift. After filling three tubs the stallman set a bar close up to the buttock, and left the deceased to take out the catch prop. The stallman went into the other bank and fixed a bar. He heard a fall of roof, and on going to deceased saw he was covered by a fall 11 feet long, 6 feet 4 inches wide, and an average thickness of one foot. A bar that was under it was pushed out. There were two parallel fault slips 6 feet 4 inches apart. No extra precaution was taken in setting to guard against falls from between the slips. The deceased was probably engaged pulling some loose coal from face on which the fallen stone rested. The roof had been properly examined and tested the accident would most probably not have been prevented.