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Surname
WHYLD
Forename
Frederick George
Day
01
Month
07
Year
1912
Age
28
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Babbington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Babbington Coal Co.
Location
Cinderhill
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
He was working under a loose stone about 13 feet long 6 feet wide and 2 feet thick at the thickest point. It was supported by two props set on the floor and a sprag set on some fallen coal. He was knocking out the sprag to replace it with another prop when the stone fell and displaced the two props, one of which struck him on the neck and killed him as he was making for a place of safety. The stone was not properly supported. It should nave been got down and broken up and the man should not have been working under it.