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Surname
LEIVESLEY
Forename
Fred
Day
21
Month
11
Year
1910
Age
41
Occupation
Dayman
Mine/Quarry Name
Gedling
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Digby Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Gedling
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
He was getting coal and had set a new face side prop. When he laid the first pair of rails into the stall, a centre prop was in the way, so after examining the roof de knocked it out, when a length of 18 feet of roof fell from between the two rows of timber and fractured his spine. He died on 15th December. The roof was considered to be good, and no bars were set. He should have set other props before knocking out the prop.