Pollington Colliery

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Andrews, Henry, 29 Dec 1891, aged 30, Loco. guard, The deceased appears to have gone between the engine and a waggon to couple it and was fatally crushed between the buffers. His coupling pole was found by the side of the waggon. The accident nearly one mile from the mine and on the Midland Railway Company

Clark, William, 21 Feb 1899, aged 63, Stallman, Fall of coal. A very small quantity of coal fell from the working face on to the deceased's arm, and he died while walking home after leaving the mine. The jury returned the following verdict, "that he died from failure of the heart's action, probably arising from the accident" (Deep soft coal)

Dillon, Patrick, 29 Aug 1906, aged 55, Tramp, He went to sleep on the dirt tip, and was suffocated by the fumes of the slowly-burning tip. He had no fixed place of abode [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Foxholmes, Ernest, 23 Aug 1910, aged 50, Stallman, He was undercutting at the coal face when the weight of the coal pushed the sprags out. A piece of coal weighing about 8 cwt. fell on him

Jackson, William, 17 Nov 1881, aged 45, Banksman, Knocked down by the cage whilst attempting to get on it when starting from the pit bottom

Kibble, Arthur, 15 Mar 1904, aged 14, Horse-driver, He was going from work in charge of a horse, and was found lying on the roadway in an unconscious and dying condition. He had probably been kicked by the horse, but there was no evidence to show how he had been injured (Deep soft coal)

Oldershaw, Thomas, 03 Sep 1879, aged 48, Stallman, Fall of bind from a slip in the roof

Wildsmith, John, 14 Feb 1906, aged 59, Banksman, Deceased had knocked the skotches out from under a loaded railway wagon wheels, and then went to raise the brake between the wagon and the bank wall, there being only nine-and-a-half inches space. The wagon moved forward and killed him