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Surname
WILLETTS
Forename
Ernest
Day
21
Month
10
Year
1913
Age
42
Occupation
Mason
Mine/Quarry Name
Norchard
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Park Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
New Mills
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
Four empty trucks were being carried towards the screens by an open-ended rope attached to the coupling hook of the leading wagon and worked by a stationary engine, the speed being about 1.5 miles per hour Deceased walked in front of the first waggon between the right-hand buffer and the rope in readiness to detach the rope when the wagons reached a part of the road dipping 1 in 60. When the trucks reached a point from which they were able to gravitate onwards, the engine was stopped, the trucks overran the slack rope which formed a bight round deceased's body, and in attempting to get out under the buffer he either tripped on the rail or was drawn down by the rope, and the front right wheel of the truck passed over his right leg below the knee. He succumbed to his injuries at the hospital three hours later.