East Cannock Colliery

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Bagnall, A. H., 15 Apr 1899, aged 17, Driver, Found lying dead upon the road behind his horse and with a mark on his face, which was smashed, of a horse shoe

Beavon, J., 18 Nov 1889, (accident: 14 Nov 1889), aged 45, Shunter, Died Nov. 18th. Crushed between railway waggons

Benton, Silvanus, 21 Dec 1903, 2 a.m., aged 23, Dataller, [No text description supplied in report]

Birch, Samuel, 23 Dec 1890, aged 14, Steam hoist boy, Crushed against framework of steam lift at the screens

Burns, James, 06 Apr 1892, 4 p.m., aged 59, Airway man, Found suffocated in return airway by gases from underground gob-fire [More information ...]

Churchill, Joseph, 11 Aug 1908, (accident: 07 Jul 1908), aged 53, Stallman, Deceased was working on a longwall face in a seam 6 ft. thick with a dirt parting 9 ins thick in the centre. He was holing in this dirt and was partially under a portion of overhanging top coal, which was well spragged, when a "bump" brought down this holed coal and a portion of the unholed coal, where deceased was. He received a compound fracture of the thigh and was taken to the Accident Home where he died on the morning of August 11th

Davis, James, 06 Apr 1892, 4 p.m., aged 22, Airway man, Found suffocated in return airway by gases from underground gob-fire [More information ...]

Evans, J. J., 31 Aug 1877, aged 15, Driver, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Ghent, W., 01 Sep 1877, (accident: 31 Aug 1877), Driver, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Hoon, John, 07 Oct 1901, (accident: 07 Sep 1901), aged 38, Timberer, Fall of side. Was repairing a gob road when a piece of rock fell upon him from the side, and injured him so seriously that he died on 7th October, 1901. Cause, a slip

Horton, William, 30 Jun 1895, (accident: 26 Jun 1895), aged 19, Driver, Slipped and fell under first tub of his train or sett. Died 30th June

Jones, John, 17 Dec 1903, 1 p.m., aged 43, Stallman, Fall of roof (stone) from a slip while drawing a post to make room for a prick wall in a heading 6 yards wide in the Bass seam

Jones, John, 01 Dec 1912, aged 20, Assistant Cager, Deceased, without authority, scotched back the props or keps at the pit bottom and passed through the top deck of the cage to the opposite side of the pit to assist the cager to bring a couple of full tubs to the pit. The cager placed one of these tubs on the top deck and signalled to the engineman, and the cage was raised for the purpose of loading the bottom deck, when deceased, apparently forgetting that he had put the props or keps out of action, attempted to push the empty tub out of the cage before it had come to rest. He was caught and crushed between the cage, whilst it was being lowered, and the edge of the landing and severely injured. He died the same day

Jones, William, 15 Oct 1910, (accident: 14 Oct 1910), aged 28, Stallman, A piece of roof bind about 8 ft. long, 2 ft. wide, and 7 ins. tapering to 2 ins. thick fell upon deceased's back while he was working at the face of the Five Feet seam. He was injured internally and died the following day. The piece broke off at a face break at the thick side and tapered out to the coal face. A row of foresets had been set, but the piece came off along the edge of the lids

Kinsey, Joseph, 13 Jun 1908, aged 34, Loader, Deceased, with the stallman, was working at the face of a stall in the Deep Seam, which was being carried forward between two faults, the stallman being engaged in drilling a hole in the coal while deceased was shovelling dirt into the gob, when a large piece of rock fell from between the right side fault and an unseen slip. The stallman escaped with slight injury to his back and foot, but deceased was knocked down and buried beneath the rock. When extricated he was found to be badly injured, and was taken to the Accident Home, where he died an hour later. The stone which fell had only a piece of lagging, stretched from a bar 2½ feet away, for support, and this was broken off by the edge of the bar. A prop uner the end of the lagging would have prevented the fall. Otherwise the place was well timbered in view of the presence of the faults

Moore, J., 02 Sep 1877, (accident: 31 Aug 1877), Driver, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Peay, John, 01 Jan 1894, aged 18, Trammer, Crushed by full tub against the side of road on a descending gradient

Richardson, W., 11 Oct 1903, (accident: 09 Oct 1903, 3.30 p.m.), aged 22, Road doggie, Found lying between tub and side of road with his neck broken. He was driving for a driver who had left work. Nothing was found to account for the accident. He died on 11th October

Riley, A., 20 Dec 1897, (accident: 10 Dec 1897), aged 40, Stallman, Explosion of firedamp. Died 20th December

Robinson, A. H., 22 Jan 1898, aged 14, Door boy, Crushed by a full tub against a door

Rogers, E., 02 Sep 1877, (accident: 31 Aug 1877), Driver, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Rowley, Samuel, 12 May 1881, aged 14, Driver, Deceased was found in a dying state between two full tubs, but how he came there there was no evidence to show

Rowley, Thomas, 06 Jul 1880, aged 21, Pikeman, Fall of roof in a waste whilst drawing timber

Simister, James, 14 May 1875, (accident: 08 May 1875), aged 43, Roadsman, Injured by a fall of "bat" from roof which rolled against his leg. Injured on the 8th instant. Died this day

Thornley, Joseph, 12 Aug 1895, (accident: 30 Jul 1895), aged 24, Tipper, Fall from top to bottom of steam lift at screens with a tub a depth of 12 feet. Died 12th Aug

Watkins, Arthur, 08 Oct 1896, aged 14, Coupler, Found dead under full tub on endless plane

Weetman, John William, 18 Oct 1911, (accident: 09 Oct 1911), aged 13, Picking-belt Boy, Deceased had been employed two months as a coal picker on a travelling belt in connection with the screens. His duty was to stand at the side of the belt and pick dirt out of the coal as it was carried past him. For some unknown reason, probably to amuse himself, he went to the end of the belt and by some means got his right foot trapped by the toes between two of the belt plates at the revolving drum end of the jib which is used to deliver the coal into the trucks. He clung to the balance weight chains with both hands while his left leg was torn off at the knee joint, and was found supporting himself on his right leg. First aid was rendered at the colliery, an operation followed, after which he developed symptoms of tetanus from which he died on the 18th October

Woodhall, Solomon, 03 Oct 1894, (accident: 21 Sep 1894), aged 34, Pikeman, Explosion of firedamp. Died 3rd Oct