Cannock Old Coppice Colliery

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Bailey, Charles, 16 Apr 1894, aged 49, Stallman, Fall of coal from face from want of sprags whilst holing

Brough, William, 22 May 1900, (accident: 21 May 1900), aged 17, Driver, Internal injury by tub becoming derailed. Died May 22nd

Buck, William, 06 Apr 1902, (accident: 03 Sep 1900), aged 41, Stallman, On the 6th April, William Buck, a stallman, aged 41 years, died from the result of injuries received by being dashed in the cage to the bottom of the pit at Cannock Old Coppice Colliery on 3rd September, 1900. Three other men were killed by the same accident. As this death did not occur within a year and a day of the accident it is not, according to the custom, included in the fatal accidents of the year when death occurred [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] [More information ...]

Dawkins, Henry, 09 Nov 1910, (accident: 27 Aug 1910), aged 21, Horse Driver, Deceased was driving a young horse, and was taking an unlockered empty tub along a road dipping 1 in 24, when the horse took fright and bolted. Deceased, who was walking between the tub and the horse, was knocked down, and the tub passed over him, fracturing his spine. He died on November 9

Evans, Charles, 23 Aug 1890, aged 22, Dataller, Thrown from cage when descending with seven other workmen

Hawkins, W., 02 Sep 1876, aged 22, Deputy manager, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Haycock, Thomas, 16 Sep 1904, 8.10 a.m., aged 17, Driver, Crushed by tub drawn by horse, probably while walking between tub and horse

Haycock, W., 04 Jun 1881, aged 22, Loader, Fall of coal roof in working face from a network of converging slips not previously seen. Caused by sudden superincumbent pressure

Hayward, Thomas, 07 Dec 1909, aged 31, Stallman, Fall of Roof. Both the deceased were working at the face in the Brooch and Benches Seam when a huge piece of rock, 15 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 5 ft. thick at the apex, and weighing over 12 tons, fell without any warning from the roof between the cog and the coal face, killing them instantly. The stone fell from two slips, one running along the cog side and passing up vertically, the other running along the edge of the coal face and rising obliquely to meet the first. A row of props were placed along the edge of the cog side, with a long lid or bar on each, the ends of which reached to within 18 ins. of the face ; the slip on the cog side was visible before the accident, but the deputy and men thought these long lids had a sufficient hold of the roof, which however broke off the lids by the line of the props in falling : the other slip was not seen previous to the fall. The deceased had only been in the stall 40 minutes when the fall took place, and no coal had been worked off the face during that time, they having filled away some loose coal left from the previous day, and being in the act of preparing to set a foreset (at the request of the deputy) when they were killed [More information ...]

Hincks, Isaiah, 04 Oct 1904, 12.30 p.m., aged 28, Stallman, Fall of roof (coal and shale) at a fault at longwall face in 8 ft. seam.

Lawson, Joseph, 03 Sep 1900, aged 29, Stallman, When descending shaft in cage. 5 others were injured [More information ...]

Lloyd, Enoch, 03 Sep 1900, aged 34, Stallman, When descending shaft in cage. 5 others were injured [More information ...]

Morris, William Henry, 17 Feb 1913, aged 34, Stallman, Deceased was clearing away holing dirt when a fall of coal occurred. It was estimated that 2½ tons of coal fell, and deceased was buried. The coal fell away from a slickenside which was not visible before the accident

Parker, James, 31 Jan 1901, aged 55, Timberer, On the 31st January, 1901, at Cannock Old Coppice Colliery, South Staffordshire, Jas. Parker, a timberer aged 55, fell down insensible in the pit while walking in to his work. He was taken to the surface and died soon after. Supposed cause of death an apoplectic stroke [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Ponder, William, 15 Aug 1909, (accident: 26 Jul 1909), aged 52, Timberer, Fall of Roof. Deceased was setting timber in a haulage road, when, in driving tight one of the trees under a bar, a thin piece of stone, about 12 ins. long and 6 ins. wide, fell from the roof, the thin edge cutting the back of his hand and arm. Blood poisoning resulted and he died, after three operations, in Hospital on August 15th

Stanton, Henry, 03 Sep 1900, aged 39, Stallman, When descending shaft in cage. 5 others were injured [More information ...]

Webb, James, 23 Feb 1897, (accident: 20 Feb 1897), aged 19, Loader, Struck in the abdomen by a lid forcably thrown from a tree by a rate of coal form working face. Died 23rd Feb

Whitehouse, Frederick, 16 May 1910, aged 16, Labourer, Owing to a breakdown of the pumping machinery, deceased and another were sent to shaft bottom to fill water druggans or tanks, and place them on the cages to be drawn to the surface. Deceased apparently went in front of a full druggan to pull it towards the shaft to be in readiness for the cage ; and, owing to the gradient the druggan overpowered him, pushed him into the shaft, and fell with him into the cage hole, which was 5½ ft. deep. His skull was fractured. The gradient averaged 2½ to 3 ins. per yard for a distance of 13 ft. from the shaft. I considered it to be unnecessarily steep, and it was subsequently flattened considerably

Winfer, Charles, 07 Dec 1909, aged 30, Loader, Fall of Roof. Both the deceased were working at the face in the Brooch and Benches Seam when a huge piece of rock, 15 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 5 ft. thick at the apex, and weighing over 12 tons, fell without any warning from the roof between the cog and the coal face, killing them instantly. The stone fell from two slips, one running along the cog side and passing up vertically, the other running along the edge of the coal face and rising obliquely to meet the first. A row of props were placed along the edge of the cog side, with a long lid or bar on each, the ends of which reached to within 18 ins. of the face ; the slip on the cog side was visible before the accident, but the deputy and men thought these long lids had a sufficient hold of the roof, which however broke off the lids by the line of the props in falling : the other slip was not seen previous to the fall. The deceased had only been in the stall 40 minutes when the fall took place, and no coal had been worked off the face during that time, they having filled away some loose coal left from the previous day, and being in the act of preparing to set a foreset (at the request of the deputy) when they were killed [More information ...]