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Henry Ophield
| Age: | 20 |
| Died: | 25th Apr 1924 |
| Accident: | 25th Apr 1924 4 p.m., 9th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1904 |
| Colliery: | Washington, F Pit |
| Company: | Washington Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Smith's Striker |
| Notes: | Deceased with five others was pushing a tram carrying a turn-table on which was coiled 2,700 yards of steel rope weighing 2 tons 19 cwts., along two temporarily laid rails crossing a permanent way, when one of the rails became displaced and the rope and turn-table fell off the tram and caught him, causing a fracture of the pelvis and serious internal injury, from which he died 1 hour later. Had the rails crossing the permanent way been fixed in position and not merely laid in loosely, the accident might have been avoided |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On Surface :: Railways, Sidings or Tramways |
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- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 75, Accident Number: 179
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