Peckfield Colliery

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Barrett, Benjamin, 03 Oct 1906, aged 43, Collier, He was wedging some coal down when a piece of stone fell from the roof and fatally injured him

Hayes, John, 17 Mar 1910, aged 50, Stallman, He was travelling out at the end of his shift and was caught by a set of tubs which knocked him down and fatally injured him. He had gone past a notice forbidding men to travel on the road whilst the rope was in motion

Hepworth, Charles, 15 Jan 1912, aged 35, Boiler Smith, He was superintending the operations of some men who were on a scaffolding, in front of which he was standing. Without any warning the scaffold suddenly collapsed and fell towards him. He was struck on the head, and died shortly afterwards

Meadows, Thomas, 19 Feb 1912, aged 35, Miner, A small fall of coal which he dropped knocked out a prop set close to the face. This allowed the roof to part to a concealed slip at the face, and the weight of the stone pushed out further timber and fell off to the edge of a known weight break. He was killed instantly

Nevins, Robert Henry, 20 Feb 1914, (accident: 06 Jan 1914), aged 54, Byeworkman, He was struck by a small fall which ran out a stretcher while he was removing a fall of roof. Blood poisoning set in and he died on 20th February

Parkinson, George, 02 May 1915, aged 16, Pony driver, Bringing out set of 4 tubs along road when he was trapped against a broken bar and firest tub. Dead when released

Rawnsley, Henry Firth, 11 May 1910, aged 38, Stallman, He was holing some coal near the gate end when a large piece of coal broke off the face, displaced a sprag, and pinned his head to the floor, killing him instantly. Cause — a sudden weight and a joint in the coal

Shillito, Ronald, 19 Mar 1934, aged 44, Collier, Cleaning away debris from from ripping shot in a gate on face which had been plucked and though to be safe when piece of rock fell from face of ripping lip pinning him. Dead when released

Sykes, Frederick, 04 May 1909, aged 31, Byeworkman, Fall of roof. After drawing some timber in a waste, he was preparing the foundation for a pack wall, when a heavy fall of roof occurred and he was killed. The fall disclosed two slips. He could have done the work from a safer position

Turrell, Walter, 05 Aug 1933, (accident: 02 Aug 1933), aged 53, Collier, Prior to cutter working across a longwall face in a seam supported by steel bars 5ft long which were notched into coal and held by one prop at goaf end, coal burst off face and 3 bars fell and prop reeled out stone which fell on his chest. Died three days later

Westerman, Thomas, 26 Sep 1911, aged 55, Collier, Whilst holing in the face deceased received a blow from a piece of coal which burst from the face. He died a fortnight later from stricture of the bladder. A post-mortem examination showed that he had been suffering from kidney disease for many years

White, Richard John, 13 Jun 1910, aged 19, Hurrier, He was bringing three full tubs down the gate and was crushed between the tubs the side of the roadway

Wykes, Phillip, 17 Jan 1907, aged 19, Driver, The collier in one stall had not a tub filled so the deceased was going along the face to the next stall to see if there was one full there. To get from one place to the other he had to cross a 2-foot down throw fault and just as he was stepping off the fault a piece of stone fell off the leader and caught and killed him. Timber should have been set by the men he was going to closer to the fault ; the collier was clearing the loose coal away and intended setting another prop. The deceased too ought not to have gone by the face but travelled by the gate roads