Full Details
- Surname
- BROOKES
- Forename
- William (Injured)
- Day
- 28
- Month
- 02
- Year
- 1979
- Age
- 57
- Occupation
- Surface mechanic
- Mine/Quarry Name
- West Cannock, No.5 Pit
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- National Coal Board
- Location
- Hednesford
- County
- Staffordshire
- Details of Event
- Pneumatic ram which pushed mine cars which had come out of slides - repairing fault when ram struck his leg & fractured it.
