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Surname
ROBINSON
Forename
Thomas H.
Day
07
Month
01
Year
1908
Age
30
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Littleton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Littleton Collieries Ltd
Location
Huntington
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased and some others were setting jig posts at the face of a long wall working 7ft 6ins. in height, and having an inclination of 1 in 3, when a rate of coal, 19ft in length by 1 to 1.5ft. in thickness, suddenly fell from the face and fractured the base of his skull. There was only one spur set to support the coal and this was reeled out. The accident might have been prevented had sufficient timber been properly set at the proper time.