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Surname
SIMPSON
Forename
Joseph
Day
05
Month
09
Year
1908
Age
49
Occupation
Joiner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dawdon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Londonderry Collieries Ltd
Location
Seaham Harbour
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was putting in the mould for a concrete floor, and was standing on a 7 by 2.5 inches batten driving a nail to fasten a stay, when he overbalanced and fell 30 feet to the ground. His skull was fractured. He only had one nail to drive and therefore, presumably, did not use more than the one batten as a scaffold. There were several other batten within reach had he thought it necessary to use them.