Upper Hartshay Colliery

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Adams, Samuel, 29 Mar 1908, (accident: 23 Mar 1908), aged 33, Stallman, Fall of coal. Deceased was getting down coals when they suddenly fell and knocked a prop out which struck deceased and inflicted fatal injuries. He died 29th March (Tupton Coal seam)

Blood, George, 27 Jan 1912, aged 33, Stallman, Deceased had drawn two sprags from under the coal, and was getting it down. The top of the coal was the last support of a stone weighing 8 cwts., which knocked out a prop and fell on him. The stone was in the angle of a bent slip which was concealed by a scale of coal sticking to the roof

Flint, Richard, 08 Mar 1910, aged 37, Haulage Man, He was pushing a full tub towards the endless rope road, when a stretcher fell out, liberating some roof which fell on him and fractured his skull

Key, James, 19 Nov 1924, 5.0 p.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 41, Stallman, Deceased was in the act of cutting through "tops" at the face at the gate end when a fall of roof and clod, in all about 3 tons, fell away from a parting under a seam 15 ins. above. He was buried by the fall and so severely injured that he died an hour after reaching hospital. Deceased's mate, who was near by in the act of casting dirt back, got his right foot trapped at the edge of the fall and sustained a fractured leg. A known break ran across the gate and the roof was very wet, causing the roof clod to be much disintegrated, and deceased may have contributed to the fall by cutting along the face. The place appears to have been well supported by "catch props," and at least five props were uncapped by the fall

Lambert, Thomas, 07 Feb 1911, aged 41, Stallman, A shot had been fired in the coal face but it was not successful in bringing the coal down. Deceased was using a ringer to bring the coal down, and when it fell a portion of the roof also fell and killed him. Drops were 4 feet apart and no bars were set

Maycock, Herbert, 21 Jan 1911, (accident: 16 Nov 1910), aged 25, Machineman, Whilst moving a coal cutter from one part of the mine to another, the trolley to which the machine was lashed got off the road, and it appears probable that the machine got displaced. When the trolley was pulled forward by levers the machine struck a prop, which fell out, and a fall of roof fatally injured deceased. He died on the 29th May, 1911

Seals, Kirkby, 26 Apr 1919, aged 17, Pony driver, He and two other boys were walking along passbye when there was a bump and a fall which displaced several bars and there was a fall of dirt which buried him. Died when released 5 hours later