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Surname
WESTWOOD
Forename
Joseph
Day
31
Month
07
Year
1903
Age
34
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Pennant Hill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pennant Hill Colliery Co.
Location
Rowley Regis
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof (coal) in an opening in thick coal. The fall came from a height of 24 feet and struck him on the head as he was hooking a horse to a tub. The horse was so injured that it had to be killed. The opening was 40 yards long by 15 yards wide and 24 feet high, and no timber had been set in it. The longest timber the roads would admit of being brought in was only 15 feet 6 inches. The roof had been examined six or seven hours before by the fireman and colliers who thought it safe for working under Special props have since been used in such places.