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Surname
PHILLIPES
Forename
S.
Day
09
Month
11
Year
1910
Age
45
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
New Langley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Butterley Iron & Coal Co.
Location
Heanor
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Deceased was holing some overhanging coal 4 feet 10 inches thick, up to which sprags 2 feet 10 inches long wore set. Some danger appears to have been noticed, for he got up and examined the roof and coal. He was preparing to restart holing when the overhanging portion of the seam fell and fractured his skull. The sprag remained standing. He died the next day. The use of cockers or long sprags might have prevented the fall, as the portion that fell was entirely unsupported.