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- Surname
- ROBINSON
- Forename
- John
- Day
- 22
- Month
- 01
- Year
- 1914
- Age
- 18
- Occupation
- Engine Attendant
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Glasshoughton
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Glass Houghton & Castleford Collieries Ltd
- Location
- Glass Houghton
- County
- Yorkshire WR
- Details of Event
- He was caught between an endless rope and drum while oiling when the machinery was running. His arm was torn off and he died on the way to the infirmary. A notice was posted in the engine-room at the time prohibiting oiling whilst the machinery was in motion.
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