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Post by amfraser72 on Jan 20, 2012 16:52:47 GMT -5
Hi all
Does anyone have any ideas about where I can ind information about non fatal accidents that happened in kent mines?
Any help and ideas would help alot.
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Post by John on Jan 20, 2012 18:00:50 GMT -5
Hi all Does anyone have any ideas about where I can ind information about non fatal accidents that happened in kent mines? Any help and ideas would help alot. |
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Post by amfraser72 on Jan 22, 2012 17:08:31 GMT -5
Hi John
Thank you for that. i m trying to find out where/how my grandfather lost his finger. Not sure if it was in kent or scotland. I will try the two sugestions you made.
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Post by John on Jan 22, 2012 22:40:17 GMT -5
Hi John Thank you for that. i m trying to find out where/how my grandfather lost his finger. Not sure if it was in kent or scotland. I will try the two sugestions you made. To be really honest, I don't think you'll come up with anything for the loss of a finger. I recall a couple of "minor" accidents of total finger loss, even a couple of serious accidents, one ended up as an amputation of a leg below the knee and the other the feller had his back broken and was a cripple for the rest of his life. None made it to the local paper, during the 1960's. The loss of limb and back broken will be found somewhere in the Mines Inspectorate files as they were classed as reportable injuries. ie, skull fractures, hip fractures, amputation of limbs, loss of sight, hip fracture and serious internal injuries. I doubt you will find anything regarding loss of a finger. I don't know what years you're on about, but at the peak of the industry, even one death underground only raised a small column in the papers. Now it's headline news, both in newspapers and on TV. |
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