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Non-fatal Accident
William Wardle
| Accident: | 21st Jan 1918 |
| Age: | 58 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1860 |
| Colliery: | Heworth |
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| Occupation: | Filler |
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| Arbitration Committee — 9th September 1918 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Department
Arbitration Committee Meeting
Held on September 9th 1918
Official Medical Referee Cases
2745. Heworth. William Wardle, 58, filler.
Received a compound fracture of the thigh on January 21st, 1918, and was paid full compensation up to August 17th, 1918, when it was stopped on the report of the colliery doctor, who reported that the incapacity of Wardle was due, not to the accident, but to the fact that Wardle was preventing his leg from fully recovering by continuing to use crutches when it was no longer necessary to use them.
The case was sent to the Official Medical Referee, and the following is his report :—
1. "The said William Wardle is in good general health, and his condition is such that he is unfit for work at present, and probably for 3 months at the least, having sustained a fracture of the neck of the Femur.
2. "The incapacity of the said William Wardle is due to the accident.
Dated this 21st day of September, 1918.
"(Signed) F. C. PYBUS,
"Medical Referee."
The Owners alleged that the Referee had not answered the question that was put to him, and another reference was drawn up, and the Referee on October 10th, 1918, reported that in paragraph 2 after the word "accident" read: "His recovery and fitness for work has not been retarded by intentional disuse of the leg."
Awarded full compensation with arrears.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/1, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol I covering Sep 1918-Dec 1919
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| Arbitration Committee — 1st March 1926 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Department
Report of Proceedings
of
Arbitration Committee Meeting
held in the
The Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-on-Tyne
On March 1st 1926
Heworth. William Wardle, 58, filler.
On 21st January, 1918, this man had his left hip fractured through a fall of stone. Full compensation was paid until the latter part of 1924, when it was reduced to £1 per week.
Dr. Golding (the man's own doctor) reports as follows :—
"Present Condition. — There is about inches of shortening of left lower limb, and he walks by the aid of a stick with difficulty and pain.
Grounds of Opinion. — He is, in my opinion, permanently incapable of any work."
Wardle is still off work and now claims full compensation.
Compensation at the rate of 20/ per week to continue.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/6, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol VI covering Jan-Dec 1926
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- NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/43, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1918 (two volumes: covers Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec)
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