Full Details

Surname

VANN

Forename

Frederick

Day

16

Month

03

Year

1911

Age

31

Occupation

Miner

Mine/Quarry Name

Wingfield Manor

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Wingfield Manor Colliery Co. Ltd

Location

Oakerthorpe

County

Derbyshire

Details of Event

He was assisting to hold back a loaded tub at the gate end with his right shoulder against the front of the tub, when the tub overpowered him, and fatally crushing him against a prop. He should not have been in front of the tub.