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Surname
BRICKLEY
Forename
W.H.
Day
10
Month
07
Year
1904
Age
40
Occupation
Belt repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wharncliffe Silkstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pilley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was in charge of the work of putting on a new fan driving belt for a firm of contractors. The belt had been successfully put on and lie was standing over it with the intention of dressing it with paste when his foot slipped and he fell on to the belt and was crushed between it and a pulley.