Pye Hill Colliery

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Bonsall, Arthur, 13 Apr 1893, aged 17, Loader, Fall of coal. Deceased was holing when a piece of coal fell from between the sprags and killed him

Booth, James, 16 Dec 1902, aged 27, Locomotive Driver, Deceased was in charge of a locomotive drawing a train of railway wagons when the locomotive ran off the rails, and deceased was thrown into the first truck. He died the same day

Cater, William, 13 Aug 1913, aged 50, Stallman, Deceased was commencing to draw back timber from the goaf and he knocked out the first prop out with his hammer instead of using the ringer and chain. A fall of roof followed and he was killed on the spot

Clarke, Samuel, 02 May 1911, aged 57, Pump Minder, He was found lying dead at the bottom of the wheel race of the flywheel of the pumping engine. The wheel was surrounded by a substantial wooden fence, which was broken down. There was nothing to show definitely how deceased was caught by the wheel, but it is conjectured that he reached through the fence to move the wheel when the engine was on the dead centre, and was caught when the engine started suddenly

Fletcher, Thomas, 25 Feb 1893, (accident: 23 Feb 1893), aged 58, Deputy, Deceased was firing a shot in the gate ripping and did not go far enough away. Some piece of rock were blown down the gate and hit the deceased. Died 25th

Haddon, H. B., 17 Sep 1937, Miner, Killed by a fall of stone [date of report]

Lane, John Henry, 13 Jul 1912, aged 35, Stallman, A ripping shot had been fired in the gate in advance of the left hand pack, and had shaken the roof of the left hand bank. Deceased had been to see the effects of the shot, and was going back along the left hand bank when the roof fell and killed him

Law, Henry, 19 Aug 1907, aged 55, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was taking down coal at the working face, and when it fell, a portion of the roof came with it and killed deceased. Another man was injured (Silkstone coal)

Murfitt, Percy, 23 Apr 1924, 11.40 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 35, Stallman, Deceased was in the act of underholing when a sudden weight-bump occurred, causing the bottom two feet of the seam to give way over a length of 17 ft. to a parting not usually found in the seam, and a piece of coal weighing about 4 cwts. trapped his head against the floor causing severe injuries to his skull. The bump was of sufficient force to reel out four short sprags set to support the bottom portion of the seam, and the top portion was left in position held by five sprags

Peat, Ernest, 05 Feb 1908, (accident: 03 Feb 1908), aged 14, Horse-driver, Fall of roof. A horse kicking stripped himself of his harness, and while deceased was picking it up from the floor, a fall of roof fatally injured him. He died on 5th February (Silkstone Coal seam)

Rodgers, William, 06 Sep 1894, aged 32, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased knocked out a prop out with a hammer instead of using a ringer and chain as required by the Special Rules

Watts, George Henry, 17 Jul 1919, aged 43, Stallman, In waste throwing back packing stones when roof collapsed and killed him

Webster, Arthur, 17 Oct 1899, (accident: 09 Oct 1899), aged 23, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was getting coal down in the stall, and shortly after the coal fell, a quantity of roof also fell and fatally injured the deceased. He died on the 17th instant (Low main coal)

Wooton, Robert, 02 Mar 1908, aged 48, Labourer, Deceased stood behind four railway waggons cleaning dirt from his boots when eleven other waggons were shunted into the standing waggons and pushed them on to deceased, running over him