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Surname
JOHNSON
Forename
Harry
Day
03
Month
12
Year
1909
Age
35
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Orgreave
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Rothervale Collieries Ltd
Location
Handsworth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was working at the coal face when a large stone fell from between converging slips in the roof, fatally injuring him. The fall displaced a prop. The slips could not be seen before the accident.