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Surname
ROBERTS
Forename
Edward
Day
19
Month
07
Year
1912
Age
64
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Glebe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fenton Collieries Ltd
Location
Fenton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
The deceased was superintending the re-erection of a steel girder for a roof support. One end of the girder was resting on a post, the other end was on the floor, and in that inclined position it pressed heavily on two insulated lighting wires carrying electric current at 550 volts, and cut through the insulation. While assisting two other men to lift the lower end of the girder, the deceased, who was standing upon an iron plate in contact with moist ground, received an electric shock which killed him instantly. The deceased should have seen that the current was switched off the circuit, according to the regulations of the colliery, before attempting to fix a roof support in the neighbourhood of the electric wires.