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Surname
BRIGHTWELL
Forename
Herry
Day
10
Month
06
Year
1913
Age
24
Occupation
Trammer
Mine/Quarry Name
Dinnington Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dinnington Main Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Dinnington
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He leaned over a fence which had been accidentally disarranged by a balance weight and in connection with the coke oven doors. The fence gave way under his weight and he fell 14 feet to the ground. The fence was not well designed and was fixed too close to the track of the balance weight.