Leyland Green Colliery

Barton, Thomas, 01 Oct 1919, aged 50, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of roof

Bradley, Joseph, 26 Aug 1913, aged 55, Assistant fireman, A dataller was making ready a working in which the roof had become rather low and broken, and was chipping the roof stone when deceased went in beside him. The dataller asked him for some nails, and deceased was stooping down in the act of getting some nails out of his pocket when a fall of roof took place and caught him. The fall was 7 feet long by 4¼ feet by 18 inches thick, and was due to crush, as no particular slips were visible. Two props were canted out by the fall

Croft, Alfred, 09 Feb 1912, (accident: 07 Feb 1912), aged 54, Brakesman, Two locomotives were attached behind 30 wagons of coal going down a colliery siding dipping 1 in 24. The train was stopped at a highway. Deceased had been lifting up some of the brakes of the first wagons when a coupling broke, causing five wagons to start off. The locomotives and other wagons then followed, and on deceased attempting to get on to one of the buffers he fell to the ground, and was fatally injured by the next wagon. He died on the 9th instant

Dean, Henry, 21 Jun 1915, aged 28, Loco driver, Foot slipped off brake lever and was crushed by tubs

Dearden, John, 24 Apr 1902, aged 15, Wagon-labeller, Inquiry made and inquest attended. He was engaged labelling waggons, and just as he was passing between two waggons, the waggon lower was bringing some full waggons down from the screen, and deceased got crushed between the waggons; he expired about an hour after the accident

Fairclough, H., 28 Apr 1906, aged 31, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. When engaged packing on the lower side of roadway, a fall of roof occurred from some slips, knocking out three props, and fatally injuring deceased

Green, Frederick, 20 Jan 1912, aged 21, Assistant Brakesman, When riding on the buffer of the leading wagon of a train of full wagons going down an incline to the Railway Sidings, the wagons got buffer-locked through running into stationary wagons in the Sidings, and Green got fatally injured in consequence. It was said that the brakes of the moving wagons had not been sufficiently pinned down, and that the rails were greasy owing to frost

Green, William, 28 Sep 1905, aged 38, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged drawing out props in the waste, and was using a hammer although he had a gablock with him ; and the roof fell upon him when judging which to draw next

Haselden, Thomas, 24 Mar 1908, aged 55, Collier, When working at the face, a fall of roof occurred upon him from some slips, capping the props

Heaton, John, 03 Jun 1909, aged 57, Collier, When engaged working at the face, a stone fell upon him from a slip in roof, between the last row of props and the face

Hill, William, 28 Apr 1919, (accident: 12 Apr 1919), aged 65, Rope splicer, Struck by runaway tubs due to breakage of lashind. Died 28th

Melling, William, 02 Mar 1920, aged 47, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of stone