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Surname
WALKER
Forename
Edward
Day
23
Month
05
Year
1913
Age
41
Occupation
Dirt Filler
Mine/Quarry Name
Cannock Wood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cannock & Rugeley Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hednesford
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was working at the mouth of an old road, which was being cleaned out to form an engine-room when a triangular piece of rock, about 10 inches thick, in the centre, fell from the roof and killed him instantly Along one of its sides the piece came off at an old break and was feather-edged at the other sides. About half an hour before the accident the chargeman found the roof rather ‘drummy’ but did not consider it unsafe. Although he was a very experienced man his judgement was apparently at fault on this occasion. A little more care would probably have prevented the accident.