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Surname
JACKSON
Forename
Oliver
Day
15
Month
09
Year
1911
Age
54
Occupation
Banksman
Mine/Quarry Name
Exhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Exhall Colliery Co.
Location
Bedworth
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
Deceased was found under the wheel of an empty truck which had been delivered in the belt-siding by means of a flying shunt by the locomotive. The truck, unknown to the shunter, had not run far enough to clear a crossing owing to the wheels being obstructed by small coal lying on the rails. The deceased appeared to have gone voluntarily to clear the small coal from the front of the wheels, when other waggons, which were being moved on an adjoining line, collided with the standing waggon, which moved forward and trapped him. He died on the same day.