Full Details
- Surname
- MORRIS
- Forename
- Derek (Injured)
- Day
- 21
- Month
- 11
- Year
- 1980
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Faceworker
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Parsonage
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- National Coal Board
- Location
- Leigh
- County
- Lancashire
- Details of Event
- Attmepting to drag a damaged FODD arm over rail track ends when bolt securing makeshift bridle pulled throuh large bolt hole and rope flew - leg fractured when it struck him.