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Surname
JENNINGS
Forename
Percy
Day
20
Month
10
Year
1914
Age
26
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Stanley Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Stanley Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Liversedge
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Whilst he was working coal off a bord piece 18 inches wide, a piece of clod 6 feet by 3 feet by 1 foot fell & Completely buried him. He sustained fractures of the right thigh and three ribs on the left side. No timber was displaced but he had neglected to set sprags.