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Non-fatal Accident
Harold Cooper
| Accident: | 6th Mar 1916 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1902 |
| Colliery: | Horden |
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| Occupation: | Token Lad |
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| Arbitration Committee — 1st May 1916 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on May 1st 1916
Horden. Harold Cooper, 14, token lad.
Cooper is employed at taking tokens off tubs as they pass up the creeper to the shaft, and on March 6th he fell from the creeper, about 30 feet, and the manager refuses to pay compensation, alleging Cooper was not at his work when the accident happened.
Adjourned as Cooper was unable to be present at the Committee.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/41, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1916 (one volume: covers Jan-Jun)
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| Arbitration Committee — 5th June 1916 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on June 5th 1916
1829. Horden. Harold Cooper, 14, token lad.
Cooper was employed at taking tokens off tubs as they pass up the creeper to the shaft, and on March 6th he fell from the creeper about 30 yards, and the manager refused to pay compensation, alleging that Cooper was not at his work when the accident occurred. The case was before the last Committee when it was adjourned, as Cooper was unable to travel.
He was again unable to travel, and the case had to be adjourned.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/41, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1916 (one volume: covers Jan-Jun)
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- NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/41, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1916 (one volume: covers Jan-Jun)
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