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Surname
TOSELAND
Forename
Frederick
Day
12
Month
12
Year
1910
Age
30
Occupation
Motorman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bond's Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Temple Normanton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
He left the platform from which he operated the controller and gearing of an electrically driven slack press, and climbed up to the motor and gearing 6 feet above for the purpose of oiling the bearings. He was found fastened to the bare trolley wires and the iron plate forming the floor, and could not be liberated until the current had been switched off at the power house. It appeared that deceased neglected to see that the controller was in the "off" position before leaving it, and there was in consequence a pressure of 63 volts, as was subsequently shown by test, between one of the trolley wires and the iron platform upon which deceased was standing. A post mortem revealed the fact that all the organs of his body were in an unsatisfactory state.