Sherwood Colliery

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Allsop, Austin, 13 Dec 1910, aged 17, Haulage Hand, Killed by an extensive fall of roof whilst passing along a main haulage plane. The fall was 19 feet long, 10 feet wide and about 4 feet high. It would weigh nearly 28 tons. Three sets of bars with runners and covering timber were displaced. The fall was probably caused by settlement due to the tender nature of the roof and sides of the road

Allsop, Walter, 12 Dec 1912, aged 40, Stallman, Both men were widening a main road at a passbye 150 yards from the pit bottom. The road was closely and substantially timbered and covered over. A fall of 100 tons occurred covering the whole area of the newly widened road, 32 feet long, and 13 feet 6 inches wide, running out all the eight newly set bars, but not breaking them. It took four hours to recover the first body [More information ...]

Bradbury, Joseph, 05 Jul 1912, (accident: 02 Jul 1912), aged 38, Dayman in Stall, Deceased was watching some coal falling and was holding in his hand a ringer, 4 feet 6 inches long, with the point on the floor and the other end near his chest. The coal and top dirt fell forward and struck the ringer, causing it to hit him across the abdomen. A bowel was ruptured and he died of peritonitis on the 5th July

Brewin, Francis Robert, 26 May 1915, aged 32, Stallman, Pushed a tub of coal from gate and when it stuck on rails he put his back to it with hands on middle prop and pushed the prop out when there was fall which crushed him to death

Clements, Harry, 22 Jun 1912, (accident: 14 Jun 1912), aged 31, Stallman, Deceased's back was broken by a fall of clod weighing 1½ cwts., which occurred when he had just started to get some coal to complete the filling of a tub from another part of the bank. Deceased did not test the roof before commencing to get the coal. He died on 22nd June

Cooke, Jasper, 18 Aug 1908, aged 41, Dayman, A fall of coal knocked a prop out, which struck deceased and fractured his skull (Top Hard Coal seam)

Cotton, Robert James, 29 Jun 1915, aged 28, Dayman, Ripping and had cut through and had drawn out lip prop when there was a fall of clod which killed him

Deller, Alfred, 05 Sep 1915, (accident: 02 Sep 1915), aged 43, Stallman, He was levering some overhanging dirt with a ringer when it slipped and fell to the floor and he kept hold of end. Dirt fell and caught ringer and it was drawn into his abdomen. Died 3 days later — peritonitis

Hard, George William, 14 Mar 1919, aged 14, Pony driver, Stooping down to couple two full tubs together when horse suddenly backed and crushed him between tubs

Hewitt, Frederick William, 01 Aug 1908, aged 43, Dayman, Fall of roof coal. Supposed to have been withdrawing timber from a waste when the top coal fell upon him (Top Hard Coal seam)

Hind, George William, 25 Jun 1912, aged 38, Onsetter, Deceased was standing just inside the cage helping a tub over the catcher, when the engineman started without a signal. Deceased in attempting to get out was crushed against the top landing and was instantly killed

Holland, W., 22 Jul 1937, aged 14, Screen Hand, he was killed from through having his head trapped in a screen belt, he had worked at the pit only six months

Lees, Ernest, 01 Aug 1924, 12.15 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 37, Stallman, Deceased was removing a loose bar from under the ripping lip, when a fall of clod occurred which buried him. The use of a Sylvester might have prevented the accident

Luker, John, 15 Apr 1924, (accident: 08 Apr 1924, 8.50 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 17, Haulage Lad, Deceased was in the act of clipping a set of eight full tubs on to a slow speed endless haulage rope when he slipped and fell in front of the moving set. He was found by his Corporal a few minutes later in a badly injured condition on the side of the road when he stated that he had slipped and that the set had gone over him. He appeared to be recovering, but a week later he collapsed and died the same day

Moore, James Jarvis, 03 May 1910, (accident: 02 May 1910), aged 15, Horse Driver, He was taking his horse to the stables after his days' work and left the horse's head to turn aside for his coat when, the horse kicked him on the head, fracturing his skull. He died the next day

Peters, James, 05 Nov 1905, aged 21, Labourer, Deceased was on the head-gear assisting in lowering a wire-rope conductor. The conductor slipped, and he was knocked off the head-gear to the ground-level. He died the same day

Richards, George Henry, 31 Dec 1909, (accident: 22 Dec 1909), aged 18, Loader, Deceased was using a riddle in a stall, when another loader hit him over the left eye with a fork while loading coal. Meningitis was set up by the injury, and he died 31st December (Top Hard Coal seam)

Robinson, Joseph, 19 Oct 1929, Stallman, killed by a fall of roof [date of report]

Scrimshire, William Henry, 18 Oct 1913, aged 37, Onsetter, The pit was standing for coal with the empty cage rung off when three full tubs came running in at greater speed than usual. Two lockers should have been put in but one was missed. The tubs broke the stop block a yard from the cage and ran against the cage, which was one foot above the landing, owing to the spring of the rope. Deceased endeavoured to stop them by hanging on to the side of the front tub, and his skull was crushed between the side of the tub and the arching by the cage ascending and knocking the first tub up and off the road

Seale, Reginald William, 14 Mar 1903, aged 32, Pump-man, Electrocution. Deceased appeared to have been attempting to couple the bare electric wires of a shot-firing cable when a current of 440 volts was on, and received a shock which caused his death

Simmons, Edmund, 22 Apr 1902, aged 34, Sinker, The balance weight controlling the drop door at the top of a sinking shaft became detached, and fell down the shaft and among the sinkers, killing the two deceased [More information ...]

Smith, Thomas, 24 Jun 1914, (accident: 19 Jun 1914), aged 22, Ripper, Deceased was engaged checking off some side and taking down ripping in a coal heading. He had been trying to wedge the side off but without success and it is thought that he went under the ripping to get his ringer when 3 or 4 tons of the side and ripping rolled off and pinned him to the ground. He was extricated quickly and carried out on a stretcher, but he died on the 20th June from his injuries

Tyler, Francis William, 09 Jul 1915, aged 17, Haulage hand, Had just clipped train of seven tubs to rope when he slipped and fell in front of tubs and they ran over him before rope could be stopped

Vallance, Henry, 26 May 1913, aged 16, Pony Driver, As he was coming out at the end of his shift he was kicked on the head by his pony. His skull was fractured and he was killed instantaneously

Walker, William, 02 Oct 1913, (accident: 18 Jul 1913), aged 50, Stallman, Deceased was working under overhanging clod, getting coal with a ringer. The clod was well supported at the front by props, but a piece weighing about 2 cwts. fell out at the back from between two weight breaks, without disturbing any props, and struck him in the abdomen. His pelvis was fractured and his bladder ruptured, and he died on the 2nd October. The place had not been inspected by a deputy since the coal was taken out, but the stallman's examination disclosed no weakness

Wattam, William Henry, 12 Dec 1912, aged 38, Stallman, Both men were widening a main road at a passbye 150 yards from the pit bottom. The road was closely and substantially timbered and covered over. A fall of 100 tons occurred covering the whole area of the newly widened road, 32 feet long, and 13 feet 6 inches wide, running out all the eight newly set bars, but not breaking them. It took four hours to recover the first body [More information ...]

Widdowson, John Thomas, 13 Apr 1911, (accident: 12 Apr 1911), aged 15, Haulage Boy, Deceased was near to a landing on a plane worked by endless rope and was taking a set of four empty tubs from the rope into the landing when another set of four full tubs became detached from the rope and ran over him. He died the next day. The cause of the tubs becoming detached was the lever of the clip being knocked over by a set of full tubs standing on spring points. After the accident the manager decided to provide additional spring points to prevent detached tubs from running back. The gradient was 1 in 70

Woods, Albert Newman, 22 Apr 1902, aged 34, Sinker, The balance weight controlling the drop door at the top of a sinking shaft became detached, and fell down the shaft and among the sinkers, killing the two deceased [More information ...]