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Surname
SHEPPERD
Forename
Joseph
Day
05
Month
09
Year
1902
Age
20
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Bond's Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Staveley Coal & Iron Co.
Location
Temple Normanton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
The stallman and deceased were preparing to send a full tub down a self-acting incline and deceased went in front to place it in position the stallman pushing it into the incline. It was then found that the incline chain had not been attached and deceased was fatally crushed by the runaway tub. The man whose duty it was to see the tub properly coupled was afterwards prosecuted for breach of rule and fined 20 shillings and 17 shillings costs.