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Surname
JONES
Forename
Rowland
Day
27
Month
07
Year
1909
Age
19
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Fernhill, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Watkinson & Sons Ltd
Location
Treherbert
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased was entering the cage at an intermediate landing, when he inadvertently struck his head against a safety crossbar fitted to the cage, and, reeling sideways, fell through an opening 16 inches wide into the shaft. Since the accident this opening has been reduced.