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Surname
LOWE
Forename
Lawrence (Injured)
Day
04
Month
06
Year
1979
Age
49
Occupation
Deputy
Mine/Quarry Name
Hem Heath
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Trentham
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Attempting to hold a wooden sleeper between sliding platform anf front plate of battery loco as it was being slowly drawn forward - front wheels dragged over rail ends trapping & fracturing his arm.