Full Details

Surname

DICKINSON

Forename

Joseph Henry

Day

19

Month

03

Year

1906

Age

29

Occupation

Collier

Mine/Quarry Name

Rob Royd & Strafford Silkstone

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Strafford Collieries Co. Ltd

Location

Dodworth

County

Yorkshire WR

Details of Event

He was cutting out a prop in the goaf with his pick when a large stone fell from a slip in the roof and caused injuries of much a severe nature that he died the same day. It is probable that if the dog and chain had been used to draw the prop the accident would not have occurred.