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Surname
MAYCOCK
Forename
Herbert
Day
16
Month
11
Year
1910
Age
25
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Upper Hartshay
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Butterley Co. Ltd
Location
Ripley
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
When engaged in undercutting a piece of coal which had not fallen with the rest of the web, a weight bump occurred and the coal rolled over upon him and injured his spine. The face was 4 feet to 9 inches high, and the piece of coal which fell was supported by sprags 18 inches long and 4 feet apart, one of which was badly set. The coal should have been better supported. He died on the 21st January, 1911.