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Surname
OLIVER
Forename
Joseph
Day
11
Month
04
Year
1908
Age
40
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Snydale
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
H. Briggs, Son & Co. Ltd
Location
Featherstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was drawing timber from the waste and using a hammer to loosen a prop when a large piece of sandstone rock fell and killed him on the spot. If a "dog and chain" had been used the accident would have probably been prevented.