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Surname
ROUND
Forename
Daniel
Day
30
Month
06
Year
1911
Age
41
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Aldridge
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Aldridge Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Aldridge
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked in the Deep seam and bad holed a face of coal, 5ft. long, to a depth of 4ft. next to a down throw fault. Several attempts had been made to bring the coal down, without success. Having reset a sprag at one end of the holing he went underneath and attempted to loosen the coal by driving a wedge into the lower part of the seam, when suddenly about 1 ton of coal fell and a portion of it struck him across the shoulders, fracturing his spine. Had an additional sprag been set, in all probability the accident would have been avoided.