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Surname
PLATTS
Forename
Joseph
Day
08
Month
12
Year
1900
Age
26
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Highfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
T. Pearson & Co.
Location
Chesterfield
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof. Deceased was at work at a place where a fall of roof had occurred a few days previously and which had been timbered up. A cavity had been left above the timbering and a further fall taking place it broke through the timber and killed deceased who was sitting under it.