Full Details

Surname

WORE

Forename

William

Day

09

Month

06

Year

1914

Age

30

Occupation

Engine Driver

Mine/Quarry Name

Penbough China Clay Quarry

Mineral Worked

China Clay

Owner

Mid-Cornwall Coal Co.

Location

St Stephen in Brannel

County

Cornwall

Details of Event

Deceased was attending to an enginewhich was arranged for hauling and pumping. The pumping gear only was at work at the time of the accident. He, presumably - no one saw the accident occur - had been pouring melted grease into a bearing situated between a fly wheel and a rope drive pinion wheel, when his clothing had been caught and he thrown violently to the ground and killed. The bearing he was attending to had was provided with a proper lubricator, but this had been broken and not replaced. Neither the fly wheel nor the rope drive pinion wheel was guarded by fencing.