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Surname
MORRIS
Forename
Alfred A.
Day
05
Month
03
Year
1932
Age
16
Occupation
Rippers Helper
Mine/Quarry Name
Norchard
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Park Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
New Mills
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
Sent to work an underground pumping engine alone, 1000 yards away from anyone else. He got over the safety guarding and attempted to oil the engine whilst it was in motion and was dragged into the gearing. He sustained severe lacerations to the skin on the lower LH chest, 4 broken ribs of which 2 punctured his lung, LH shoulder blade fractured and the neck of the ''right arm bone'' being broken. He was in this position for about 2 hours before being found at about 5 a.m. and was released from the gearing. He died later that day in the Lydney Hospital.