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Surname
WOOTEN
Forename
P.O.
Day
21
Month
08
Year
1903
Age
19
Occupation
Dip Hooker
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Chatterley-Whitfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Norton in the Moors
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Wooten went a short distance up the endless rope engine dip to attend to an empty tub which had become unclipped. They stopped the rope moved the empty tub on to the full line and reclipped it. Wooten signalled the rope to start before he was out of the dip. The same tub got loose again ran back and caught him. The clip was said to be in good order and continued to work not being kept separate for examination.