Walsall Wood Colliery

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Arblaster, Samuel, 21 Aug 1903, (accident: 19 Aug 1903, 4 a.m.), aged 44, Rock ripper, Ruptured himself while lifting a heavy piece of stone. Died 21st August

Bailey, William, 20 Aug 1904, 12.45 p.m., aged 51, Timberer, Fall of roof and side (rock and shale) while repairing a road in an inclined cross measure drift from shallow to yard coal. The men were assisting to repair a large fall about 6 yards long and nearly 30 ft. high, caused by a runaway tub (through a broken coupling) knocking out the timber. Before the repairs were completed, a further fall took place, knocking out the newly set posts and girders and burying the two men

Ball, Horace, 10 Mar 1924, 7.45 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 23, Loader, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Birch, A., 29 Jun 1876, aged 24, Sinker, Whilst raising a hanging scaffold in sinking pit shaft, it was necessary to take off a sling chain from one side. The deceased were at work upon it, and incautiously stepping on this side, caused one half of the scaffold to drop, precipitating them to the bottom [More information ...]

Blundell, John, 16 Mar 1899, aged 36, Stallman, Fall of rock roof while ripping the brow

Clarke, Thomas., 30 Mar 1890, (accident: 21 Mar 1890), aged 38, Engineer, Died 30th Mar. Explosion of petroleum vapour

Clews, William, 17 Oct 1903, (accident: 07 Oct 1903, 8.30 a.m.), aged 26, Miner, Fall of side (coal) at longwall face in 6 foot seam. When he was knocking a sprag out to drop a short length of holed coal, the coal in falling knocked a tree out which struck him in the stomach. He died from peritonitis on 17th October

Cope, Arthur, 17 Mar 1908, aged 35, Stallman, Deceased was passing up along his longwall working place in the Shallow Seam when a stone 10 ft in length, 2 ft. 6 ins. in width, and 17 ins. in thickness fell upon him from between two unseen slips parallel to the coal face and converging upwards. He was extricated at once but died in about half an hour. The place was timbered with props and lids set 4 ft. apart in rows 5 ft. apart. The face props were 1 ft. from coal face and the stone fell from between this and the next row

Cotton, Leslie, 09 Oct 1956, aged 29, Timberer, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Davies, Leonard, 09 Oct 1956, aged 26, Assistant Coal Cutter, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Dorset, Edward, 09 Oct 1956, aged 41, Shot Firer, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Edwards, G., 31 May 1897, (accident: 08 May 1897), aged 33, Cager, Injured by descending cage. Died 31st May

Egerton, Samuel, 24 Sep 1895, aged 35, Stallman, Fall of roof rock in working face

Faulkner, William, 10 Mar 1902, (accident: 24 Feb 1902, 1.30 p.m.), aged 18, Haulage gripper, Run over by tub on endless rope haulage road. He had lost his light, and was caught by two full tubs which had become detached, and ran back through the slipping of a screw clip on the rope. Died 10th March

Gretton, G. A., 13 Mar 1901, aged 44, Stallman, On the 13th March, 1901, at Walsall Wood Colliery, South Staffordshire, G. A. Gretton, 44, stallman, fell into his son's arms while they were ascending the shaft in the cage, and died almost immediately on reaching the top. A verdict of death from natural causes was brought in at the inquest [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Harley, Isaac Henry, 19 May 1914, (accident: 29 Apr 1914), aged 55, Jigger, Deceased left his work as usual on 29th April at the end of his shift. Two days later he sent a note saying he had fallen against a full tub at the top of the jig on the 29th, and hurt his ribs. He was found to have sustained a fractured rib, and, later, developed pneumonia, &c., and died on 19th May, 1914. No one saw deceased injure himself and there was no evidence available except his own statement as aforesaid

Harris, James, 21 Nov 1883, aged 27, Loader, Fall of roof between timber and face in stall

Heath, Leonard, 20 Aug 1904, 12.45 p.m., aged 32, Timberer, Fall of roof and side (rock and shale) while repairing a road in an inclined cross measure drift from shallow to yard coal. The men were assisting to repair a large fall about 6 yards long and nearly 30 ft. high, caused by a runaway tub (through a broken coupling) knocking out the timber. Before the repairs were completed, a further fall took place, knocking out the newly set posts and girders and burying the two men

Horobin, Thomas, 29 Jul 1902, 3 p.m., aged 15, Road boy, Fall of roof on jig-landing, caused by a tub getting off rails and knocking out post supporting carrier bar. Another boy had a narrow escape from death

Hughes, Edward, 17 Jan 1913, aged 46, Roadsman, Deceased was repairing an old airway to form a travelling road. At the place of accident there were two low girders, above which was about 4 to 5 feet of loose ground up to a good strong roof, and the sides were more or less arched. Deceased was instructed to take off the dirt from over these girders and then remove these, but after moving part of the dirt he cut out the tree supporting one end of the first girder when the girder lowered, followed shortly afterwards by a rate of rock from the side which struck deceased and fractured his neck. The rate had been liberated at one end by the moving of the girder, and at the other and came off at a small slip

Kingston, W., 29 Jun 1876, aged 50, Sinker, Whilst raising a hanging scaffold in sinking pit shaft, it was necessary to take off a sling chain from one side. The deceased were at work upon it, and incautiously stepping on this side, caused one half of the scaffold to drop, precipitating them to the bottom [More information ...]

Pearson, William, 29 Jun 1897, aged 40, Pikeman, Fall of roof rock in stall

Price, Samuel H., 02 May 1902, 3.30 p.m., aged 26, Stallman, Fall of roof from a slip at working face in yard coal seam, while cutting away the top of a post for withdrawing it. He should have set a foreset to protect himself

Roberts, Geoffrey, 09 Oct 1956, aged 30, Timberer, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Smith, Job, 24 Nov 1908, aged 39, Shifter, A small quantity of dirt having fallen from the side in a drift rising 1 in 4 across the measures, which dip 1 in 9, deceased and another man were sent to clean up the road. The drift was secured by bars and girders, which were set on props at one side and let into the rock at the other, with lagging on the top, and at the place of accident a space above the lagging had been partially filled up by a quantity of dirt. While working there two of the girders were suddenly reeled out, and the laggings and dirt falling upon deceased knocked him down and buried him. He was got out as speedily as possible and artificial respiration tried but without success

Tallis, C., 17 Jun 1889, aged 40, Holer, Rate of coal from face which crushed the man against a tub

Trafford, A., 17 Aug 1898, aged 16, Horsedriver, Crushed between railway waggon and the upright of the bridge

Wall, Richard, 01 Aug 1888, aged 31, Loader, The check chain which was retarding the descent of a full tub in a steep face broke and the tub crushed deceased against a tree

White, Robin Cecil Rogers, 04 Nov 1931, aged 15, Gripper, He was found dead lying against a tub; he had probably been trying to act as a brake on one of the tubs and his head had come in contact with a roof timber

Willetts, Frederick, 16 Apr 1900, (accident: 09 Apr 1900), aged 25, Stallman, Explosion of fire-damp. Died April 16th

Wilton, Joseph, 26 Sep 1901, aged 57, Holer, Fall of roof. Was foolishly drawing the back timber iu a waste with a hammer, instead of a ringer and chain, when the roof fell, and broke his back