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He continued to work until 4 p.m., when he went home without He died five days afterwards from acute peritonitis, following a rupture of

Strained himself when assisting to lift on a derailed tub. reporting the accident to any of the officials.

the mesentery and strangulation of the intestines.

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Deceased was found dead in the screen room of the washery. His jacket had been caught by the keyway in the projecting end
of the shaft of the elevator pulley, and was wound round the shaft until his arm and head were drawn up quite tightly
against it and his neck dislocated.

Staffordshire, N.

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Deceased was assisting to get a load off a gravity hoist. The man at the brake left it thoughtlessly to assist also. When the
load came off, the empty cage shot up and deceased's head was caught between the bottom ring of the cage and a girder
forming part of the framework of the hoist. An empty tub had been left on the top cage.

Deceased and three others were standing in the stoke-hole in front of a range of boilers, when the wall which formed the front
of the slack-hopper suddenly collapsed and fell in upon them along a length of 57 feet at top and 35 feet at bottom. Deceased
who stood close to the wall was buried by the bricks and slack, and killed instantly. The wall was 7 feet 9 inches in
height, built without batter or cross-ties of any kind in the length which fell. It was 14 inches in thickness for a height
of 4 feet, and 9 inches in thickness for the remaining 3 feet 9 inches. The hopper was not quite so full as usual; when the
accident happened. The wall gave no warning, and showed no signs of bulging before it gave way.

* All mines are coal mines, unless otherwise specified.

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Registered No. of

Accident.

LIST of FATAL ACCIDENTS at QUARRIES under the QUARRIES ACT in the STAFFORD DISTRICT during the Year 1906.

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Fall of rock from the face 15 feet above a ledge on which deceased was at work. He had fired a shot at the higher point an hour
previously, and was said to have examined the face afterwards.

While wheeling rock from the quarry face a quantity fell from a height of about 14 feet and struck him, causing injuries which
terminated fatally ten minutes afterwards.

Deceased was filling some marl at the foot of an overhanging face 25 feet in height when a quantity of marl fell and
killed him. The accident took place before daylight in wet weather. The face had not been examined before the
men commenced work.
While recharging a hole which had been fired half-an-hour previously, a fall of rock took place from a fault above the hole.
When endeavouring to escape from the falling rock deceased was caught and killed. He was said to have examined
the rock face after firing the shot.

A. Tilbrook,

17,

Loco, stoker.

Crushed between locomotive and a wheeled water tank, when coupling them at the loading wharf.

SUPPLEMENT TO APPENDIX I.

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES NOT COMPRISED IN THE LISTS.

The following accidents and fatalities were reported or came to my knowledge but are not considered to come within the scope of the Mines or Quarries Acts, and are not classed as mining or quarry accidents.

On 9th January, a publican jumped off a bridge between Nos. 4 and 18 pit banks, at Birchenwood Colliery, and was killed.

On 17th January, a man was crushed by a locomotive at Holly Hall Bridge while trespassing on a private branch railway.

On 18th January, a man committed suicide by throwing himself down a water pit at Himley No. 19. He had been out of employment and in a depressed state.

On 10th February, a roadman was taken ill in Park Hall Pit, Longton, and died on the following day from ulcer on stomach. No inquest was held.

On 3rd March, a timberman died suddenly on pit bank at Dudley Wood, after having been round the pit with the examiner. The coroner's jury found that death was due to natural causes.

On 31st March, a stallman died from the effects of spinal fracture received on 10th January, 1900, in Ashmore Park Colliery from a fall of roof.

On 4th April, a driver, who stated that he had been injured while lifting a tub on the rails in Conduit Colliery, on 11th August, 1904, died as the result of spinal paralysis.

On 8th June, a collier was found dead at his working face in Victoria Pit, Biddulph Valley, with his lamp, still burning, hanging near him. Owing to the removal of the body to deceased's home in Cheshire, serious delay occurred before a post mortem was made and the inquest held. The doctor found no external signs of violence, the internal organs appeared to have been healthy, but owing to putrefaction he was unable to ascertain definitely the cause of death.

The death of a contractor on 31st July, owing it was alleged to his having sprained his neck at Sneyd Colliery on 11th June, was found by the coroner's jury to have been due to natural causes.

On 16th July, a pikeman died, presumably from injuries received by a fall of side in Old Ettingshall Colliery, in January, 1904. No inquest was held.

On 1st November, a labourer died from injuries received at Rough Hay old pumping pit, on same day, owing to having been struck on the head by a winch handle while assisting to take down some old machinery.

On 29th November, a joiner became ill while at work, in the workshop at Himley Colliery. He died on 3rd December, the coroner's jury finding that death was due to natural causes.

On 4th December, a woman, not employed, was injured while picking coal at the dirt heap at Brettell Lane Colliery. On 19th December, an old man, not employed, but permitted by the owner to pick coal on a tramway at Foxyards Pit, was run over and killed.

On 24th January, a man, not employed, was killed by falling into Tunnel Quarry, Essex.

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APPENDIX II.

LIST of PROSECUTIONS under the COAL MINES REGULATION ACTS.
(a.) PROSECUTION by INSPECTOR.

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1. Obstructing Airways or interfering
with the Ventilation.

No prosecution.

2. Contravention of Rules about Safety

Lamps.

Leaving his lamp down, lighted. Special Conviction
Rule 113.

Using a naked light in a gate-road where
he was told to use a safety lamp.
General Rule 8.

3. Contravention of Rules about Matches

and Smoking.

Being in possession of matches in the
mine. Special Rule 120.

Having matches in his possession in
the mine. Special Rule 120.

Had a match in his pocket at shaft
bottom on his way to work. Special
Rule 120.

4. Contravention of Rules about Explosives and Shot-firing. Unramming a shot which had missed fire. General Rule 12 (e).

Endangering his life by putting a
second charge of gunpowder into a
hole in which a shot had misfired,
also two shots at one time against
the under-manager's instructions.
Special Rule 8.

Not having with him the battery while
coupling up the cable to the charge.
Special Rule 127.

By interfering with battery and cable
while the chargeman was coupling
up to the charge he endangered
another person's life. Special Rule 8.
Connecting the shot-firing cable to the
battery without authority and so en-
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signal wire and giving a man a
severe electrical shock. Electricity
Special Rules 12.

8. Disobeying Orders.

Refusing to leave the cage when
requested by the hooker-on. Special
Rule 70.

Ascending the shaft without special
permission. Special Rule 71.

9. Cruelty to Animals.

No prosecution under the Coal Mines
Regulation Acts, but five persons
were convicted under the Cruelty to
Animals Act for offences committed
in Coal Mines.

10. Being about the Mine in a State
of Intoxication.

No Prosecution.

11. Miscellaneous Offences.

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