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John Henry Moffatt |
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George Medal | |||
| Date: | 1956 | ||
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| Occupation: | Cogging Helper | ||
Awarded the George Medal:—
John Henry Moffatt, Cogging Helper, Middlesbrough.
A workman was engaged in a slag pit filling pans with molten slag for removal by crane. Whole being lifted, one of the pans, full of molten slag, tipped over and almost half of the contents, about one ton, spilled out. The workman was unable to get clear and was splashed by the molten slag which set fire to his clothes and severely burned him.
Moffatt was working some thirty yards away when he saw the pan start to spill its contents and heard a shout that some one was in the slag pit. Without hesitating he left his job and ran to the edge of the pit. Water had been thrown in and as a result he could see nothing on account of smoke and steam. He knew there was a drop of eight feet and that there might be some molten slag on the floor of the pit, but he jumped straight in and saw the man on fire at the far end. Moffatt's boots were burning but he dashed across the pit, picked up the injured man and carried him out of the pit and up the steps to the Ambulance Room.
Moffatt suffered burns on the hands and aims in effecting the rescue.
Source: London Gazette (03 Jul 1956)
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