Dinorwic (Slate)

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Closs, Thomas C., 15 Jun 1911, aged 48, Quarryman, Fell off a ledge barely three feet wide to a depth of 22 yards. He had his suspending rope close by, but either he was not using it or missed his hold of it

Edge, Henry, 16 Dec 1929, aged 22, Quarryman, Killed by a fall of rock [More information ...]

Ellis, William D., 12 Nov 1907, (accident: 11 Nov 1907), aged 24, Slate-getter, A stone from another man's working place fell and struck him on the head. He died on the morrow

Evans, Evan R., 01 Aug 1911, (accident: 21 Jul 1911), aged 53, Quarryman, Slightly scratched back of hand in clearing small rubbish. Died of blood poisoning 1st August

Evans, Hugh William, 21 Mar 1927, aged 68, Quarryman, Fell to bottom of gallery

Evans, Owen G., 18 Mar 1908, aged 58, Slategetter, A charge consisting of 10 lbs. of blasting gelatine and 15 lbs. of gelignite exploded, while it was being forcibly pushed into a shot hole. The explosives were frozen, and only a portion of them had been thawed [More information ...]

Fleming, Owen O., 03 Apr 1928, (accident: 20 Mar 1928), aged 24, Quarryman, Head injuries. Died 3rd Apr

Griffith, Lewis, 10 Jan 1924, (accident: 09 Jan 1924, 2.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 69, Tipman, The deceased was engaged in tipping debris from the quarry on to the heap during stormy weather, when he was blown off the tip and fell a distance of 9 ft. He was clearing some frozen dirt off the wagon bottom when a sudden squall of wind caught him. He ruptured himself, and died from shock on the following day

Griffith, Moses John, 22 Nov 1911, aged 69, Slate maker, Fell down and died of syncope immediately after carrying a block of slate weighing 89 lbs. for a distance of 40 yards

Griffith, Owen, 20 Jun 1912, aged 40, Quarryman, Griffith somehow let go of his suspending rope and fell 18 yards. He was killed on the spot

Griffith, Robert Owen, 04 Oct 1913, (accident: 01 Oct 1913), aged 57, Slate getter, While he was shifting some blocks with his crowbar, one of them turned on to his leg and fractured it. He died of heart failure on the 4th

Griffith, Thomas, 08 Jun 1912, aged 61, Quarryman, A piece of slate from his bargain, about 20 yards above him, fell and struck Griffith on the head. He was killed on the spot

Hughes, Ellis, 08 Dec 1903, aged 38, Slate-getter, A second charge of gunpowder exploded while he was in the act of igniting the fuse. He was thrown over the edge of the bank to that below, a depth of 25 yards

Hughes, John, 07 Jan 1900, (accident: 03 Jan 1900), Roadman, On the night of the 3rd January, a roadman, named John Hughes, employed at the Dinorwic quarry, went up after working hours to meet one of the overlookers, who was on duty at the time. The night was very dark, but both men proceeded to walk down an inclined plane without a light. They fell over the side. Hughes fractured his skull and died on the 7th January. The overlooker sustained a dislocation of the shoulder. As the injuries which brought about the man's death happened outside working hours and did not arise out of or in the course of his employment, I have omitted it from my list of accidents. On the other hand I have included the accident to the overlooker who was at work [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Jones, D. R., 04 Mar 1915, aged 55, Quarryman, Rock gave way after blasting — fell to bottom of quarry

Jones, Evan W., 01 Dec 1924, 11.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 32, Quarryman, The deceased was splitting up a block of slate, and about half an hour previously he had moved one of the legs of his crane further away from the block so that the leg would not be injured. Evidently he had moved the leg into such a position that the crane was unstable and it toppled over on to him, fracturing his skull. He died four hours later

Jones, Hugh, 15 Apr 1909, aged 59, Slate-getter, He put his head outside the doorway of a shelter during blasting operations. A stone projected by a blast struck him on the head and killed him

Jones, Hugh, 16 Dec 1929, aged 23, Quarryman, Killed by a fall of rock [More information ...]

Jones, John, 29 Sep 1900, (accident: 26 Sep 1900), aged 57, Brakesman, By mistake he pushed a waggon over the brow of a self-acting inclined plane, instead of pushing it on to the travelling platform. He was dragged over by the waggon and received injuries from which he died on the 29th

Jones, John Robert, 06 Feb 1901, aged 56, Quarryman, He was struck on the back by a slate block thrown dawn by another quarryman from the edge of the "gallery" above him. He died two hours later. Proper warning had been given and deceased had retired to a place where he considered himself safe, but it proved to be otherwise

Jones, Owen, 20 Feb 1895, aged 20, Carter, He was helping to tip a tram waggon when it rolled down the rubbish heap and carried him with it. Died same day

Jones, Owen, 15 Feb 1907, aged 38, Slate-getter, He was struck by a stone weighing about 60 lbs. which fell from a height of 25 yards

Jones, Richard W., 13 Jun 1905, aged 31, Slate-getter, As he started up the working face to remove a block which he did not consider safe, it fell on to him

Jones, Robert, 14 Feb 1925, aged 59, Rockman, Stones became dislodged and killed him

Jones, Robert W., 22 Jul 1899, aged 42, Quarryman, While he was at work loading from a heap of loose stones, a slate block weighing about 5 tons turned over on to him and crushed him to death

Jones, W. H., 05 Nov 1905, (accident: 03 Nov 1905), aged 33, Slate-getter, Unexpected fall of rock. His leg had to be amputated. He died on the 5th

Jones, William, 11 Dec 1899, aged 43, Quarryman, He somehow fell from the ledge on which he was at work to a depth of 15 feet and fractured his skull. Died on the 16th December. His mate, who worked with him, also fell off the ledge and fractured his skull. It is not unlikely that the primary cause of the accident was a fall of ground from their own working place, and that this carried them off the ledge

Jones, William, 15 Apr 1910, (accident: 14 Apr 1910), Slate-getter, When he was shifting a block of slate at the bottom of a heap with a crowbar, another block turned on to him. Died of his injuries on the following day

Jones, William, 22 Jun 1923, aged 70, Fitter, Fell to quarry bottom when rope broke loose

Jones, William Charles, 22 Jun 1923, aged 33, Engine driver, Wound round shafting when oiling

Jones, William G., 24 Jan 1907, aged 47, Slate-getter, A piece of slate weighing about 6 cwt. fell on to him. He died in a few hours. The stone was probably loosened by the thaw

Jones, William Thomas, 18 Mar 1908, aged 40, Slategetter, A charge consisting of 10 lbs. of blasting gelatine and 15 lbs. of gelignite exploded, while it was being forcibly pushed into a shot hole. The explosives were frozen, and only a portion of them had been thawed [More information ...]

Jones, William W., 30 Dec 1925, aged 61, Quarrryman, Died from shock from explosion

Lewis, Owen, 26 May 1899, aged 28, Quarryman, In contravention of one of the Special Rules, he ran out of the shelter during blasting operations, with the intention of lighting his fuse. While he was passing beneath a place where a charge had just been exploded, a large quantity of rock loosened thereby fell upon him. Instantlt killed

Morris, Morris E., 29 Aug 1902, aged 63, Slate-getter, He fell off a ledge on which he was at work and died shortly after. He had a rope, but as no one saw the accident happen it could not be ascertained whether he was using it at the time or not

Owen, Griffith, 11 Jan 1924, 2.20 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 63, Quarryman, Struck by debris which fell on his back [More information ...]

Parry, Henry, 05 Jun 1913, (accident: 03 Jun 1913), aged 57, Slate getter, A ledge of rock on which he was at work gave way, he fell about 18 feet and sustained a fracture of the base of his skull. He died on the 5th

Parry, John, 11 Oct 1895, aged 30, Tipman, He unnecessarily went in front of a train of small quarry waggons which were descending a slight gradient towards the tip at a speed of 8 or 4 miles an hour and attempted to adjust a chain attached to the front waggon while walking backwards his foot was between two converging rails at the points he fell and was run over. Killed on the spot

Parry, John J., 02 Nov 1916, aged 51, Quarryman, Fell 57ft to bottom of his bargain

Parry, Robert, 15 Oct 1909, aged 22, Slate-getter, Pieces from a fall of about 40 tons struck him and knocked him over the edge of the gallery to that below

Pritchard, Griffith J., 10 Feb 1902, aged 60, Quarryman, While he was pushing a load of rubbish to be tipped into a lake his attention was drawn by the upsetting of a load behind him, and he thus forgot to fasten the check chain to the waggon. He was carried over with it and drowned

Pritchard, Richard T., 30 Sep 1913, (accident: 29 Sep 1913), aged 39, Slate getter, He approached his working place from below immediately after blasting. A quantity of rock fell on to him and caused injuries to which he succumbed on the morrow

Pritchard, Robert, 05 Feb 1909, aged 60, Slate-getter, A four-legged derrick, with which he and others were hauling a slate block, fell on to him and inflicted injuries which proved fatal

Pritchard, Robert H., 08 Mar 1899, (accident: 01 Mar 1899), aged 44, Slate getter, He neglected to use his suspending rope while working with a crow bar on a 8 feet above ground. He fell over and fractured his skull. Died on the 8th

Roberts, Griffith, 02 Dec 1913, aged 35, Slate getter, He fell off the edge of a gallery to the one below, a distance of 66 feet. Killed instantaneously

Roberts, Henry, 03 Mar 1927, aged 28, Quarryman, Fell 10 yards to bottom of quarry

Roberts, John John, 02 Feb 1927, aged 65, Quarryman, Killed by a fall of slate rubbish

Roberts, Robert, 16 Jun 1926, aged 48, Quarryman, Lost his grip and fell 19 yards

Roberts, Robert R., 19 Apr 1916, (accident: 14 Apr 1916), aged 37, Quarryman, Fall of ground — leg fractured. Died 19th Apr

Thomas, Abel, 10 Feb 1909, (accident: 09 Feb 1909), aged 46, Slate-getter, A portion of a fall of rock weighing about 3 tons fell on to him. He died on the morrow

Thomas, Richard D., 16 Dec 1929, aged 40, Quarryman, Killed by a fall of rock [More information ...]

Williams, Griffith, 17 Jul 1923, aged 65, Quarryman, Struck on head by stone

Williams, John H., 22 Jul 1901, aged 37, Slate-getter, A stone, which fell from the working face, rebounded and struck him on the head. He died the same evening. Deceased and his mate had, in contravention of one of the Special Rules, neglected to make a careful examination of their working place after blasting

Williams, John Richard, 29 Feb 1924, 1.30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 42, Quarryman, Rock gave way and he was swept from bench [More information ...]

Williams, John Rowland, 02 Dec 1902, aged 56, Slate-getter, Killed by a stone weighing about 3 cwt. falling on to his head from a height of 6 feet. He and his mate had examined the piece that fell and considered it was not safe, but they thought there was no immediate danger. Had they removed it at once, as they ought to have done, the accident would not have happened

Williams, Owen Edward, 13 Oct 1924, 10.45 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 61, Quarryman, The deceased was splitting up a block of slate on the floor of his gallery, when a quantity of slate slipped off the quarry face and pinned him against the block he was splitting. His right foot was completely severed from the leg and his left foot and leg badly crushed. He died from shock the same evening following an amputation of the left leg. The fall came away from between two horizontal joints and there was a curved slip at the back which could not be seen until after the fall

Williams, W. H., 23 Oct 1903, aged 45, Slate-getter, He suddenly fell in guiding a sled and his head came in contact with a rail. He died in a few minutes

Williams, William, 10 Jun 1907, (accident: 04 Jun 1907), aged 50, Slate-getter, A stone, from a height of 7 or 8 feet, slipped on to him from a heap of loose rubbish. Died on the 10th