Non-fatal Accident

Joseph Abbott

Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Department

Sacriston. Joseph Abbott, 26, labourer.

On 16th November, 1925, this man strained himself when climbing into a truck. The management are refusing to pay compensation on the grounds that the man's present incapacity is not due to an accident.

Dr. Philipson (the man's own doctor) on 11th December, 1925, reported as follows :—

"I beg to report that I examined Mr. James Abbot, 6, Watson's Building, Edmondsley, on Tuesday, the 8th inst., and found him suffering from a left varicocele, which has become swollen and congested through an injury, in my opinion, which he sustained whilst at his work about three weeks ago.

I think that the course of events has been that the varicocele existed before his accident (possibly without his knowledge) amid that the strain of the parts involved in climbing the wagon caused him sudden acute pain by engorgement amid congestion and probably rupture of some veins, in this knotted cord of varicose veins, known in this situation as a varicocele."

Abbott is still off work and now claims full compensation.

Awarded full compensation.

Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/6, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol VI covering Jan-Dec 1926

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