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Surname
BATES
Forename
Walter
Day
13
Month
02
Year
1911
Age
36
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Rotherham Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Rotherham
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was engaged in coal getting when a large stone 9 feet long by 4 feet wide and 17 inches thick fell from a pot-hole striking him on the head and fracturing his skull. The stone fell between the props which were set within the specified distance, but a bar should have been set under the pot-hole.