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Date:	8th March 1904
Colliery:	Ouston
Company:	Charles Perkins and Partners
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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While deceased was timbering in a longwall face, in the Low Main seam, in front of a coal-cutting machine, a stone, 4 feet by 2 feet, and 8 inches thick, fell from the roof upon his back. He was taken home on a stretcher, never worked again, and received compensation up to the time of his death. He was found to be suffering from injury to the spine. One doctor, when he thought he had recovered from this, refused to give further certificates entitling him to compensation, but he appears to have obtained the necessary certificates from another doctor. A post-mortem examination showed that the spinous processes had been fractured but had re-united but the heart was found to be diseased. An inquest was held, and the jury found that death was due to heart failure consequent on degeneration of the spinal cord, the result of injury received in the pit.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Page: 48, Accident Number: 3 Where to find this report

	Morgan, Philip (died: 26 Jul 1906) , aged 59, Shifter
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