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Surname
WRIGHT
Forename
Thomas
Day
04
Month
01
Year
1913
Age
46
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Pooley Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pooley Hall Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Polesworth
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
He took out a sprag at the buttock with the intention of falling some coal, but no coal fell. He then tried a ringer over the coal and brought down a length of 4 or 5 feet, and immediately after the roof above and over the fallen coal fell and killed him. Had a bar been fixed nearer the buttock before attempting to take down the coal the accident might have been avoided.