Full Details

Surname

STIFF

Forename

W. (Injured)

Day

23

Month

08

Year

1986

Age

53

Occupation

Shaftsman

Mine/Quarry Name

Bickershaw Complex

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

National Coal Board

Location

Bickershaw

County

Lancashire

Details of Event

Working on top of skip at pit bottom inset to install a ram to aguillotine air lock door to replace rope counterweight - part of finger amputated when hand drawn into rope pulley.