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Surname
HOPKINS
Forename
Patrick
Day
08
Month
07
Year
1908
Age
54
Occupation
Trimmer
Mine/Quarry Name
Soothill Wood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Soothill Wood Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Batley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was working in a coal hopper cleaning out the drains with a hose pipe when the grab bucket, by which the coal is lifted out of the hoppers caught and killed him. The grab is lifted by a crane and the brake on it allowed the drum to slip back and thus to cause the accident.