Dunkerton Colliery

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Brown, John, 03 Mar 1908, aged 16, Incline Hitcher, Riding up the incline on a journey of full trams against rules (which have not been enforced strictly) his head appears to have come in contact with some timbers resulting in his neck being dislocated. (Hand haulage)

James, Probert, 12 Mar 1911, (accident: 09 Mar 1911), aged 43, Coal Hewer, This accident was due to the fall of a large "bell-mould" under which two props with "traps" had been set. These two props were canted out by the weight of the stone, and the "trap" of a third was broken off. The "bell-mould" could not be seen prior to the fall, as there was a thin stratum of black stone through which it did not penetrate. Deceased was injured internally and died three days later

Phillips, Reginald, 13 May 1908, aged 22, Labourer, Crushed by machinery driving some of the screen and hauling plant. How he became entangled, and why he got inside the fence, is equally unexplained. He had been employed on another part of the machinery, away from, and outside this fencing, in the morning, but was supposed to have finished his work about the screens several hours before, and to have returned to his ordinary duties, which were those of a general labourer

Stokes, W. H., 04 Sep 1908, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof at the face in the "Great Vein" (2' 6" thick) from unseen slips, which broke his neck. The stone was 9 or 10 yards long, 3 to 4 feet wide, and 13 to 18 inches thick

Woodham, Moses, 19 Feb 1908, aged 50, Bailiff, In shoving a tram or tub along a parting he appears to have twisted or wrenched his knee, from which fluid resulted in the joint. An operation was performed on it at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, but death resulted from septic arthritis. One of the simplest of accidents, which might occur almost in one's own drawing room. (Hand haulage)