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Surname
STANSFIELD
Forename
James
Day
21
Month
03
Year
1904
Age
28
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Aldwarke Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Parkgate
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
His duty was to lower full waggons of small coal down to and empty them into a hopper. The hopper was covered with an iron grating but for some reason a portion of the grating had been removed without the knowledge of the officials. Deceased while dropping the bottom door of a waggon fell into the hopper and was suffocated. If the grating had been in its proper position the accident could not have happened.