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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/37/39
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for Henry Holmes, aged 55, Coal face worker at Mapperley, relating to an Industrial Accident
Date1955
DescriptionDate of birth: 31/08/1899
Marital status: Not given
Address: 52 Boweswell Road, Ilkeston
Type of injury: Injury - eye
Description of accident: Setting a steel prop when a bit flew into the eye
Further information: Bilateral cataracts. 'The Specialist found that the accident to the right eye may have aggravated the cataract. […] the claimant is entitled to an assessment for the period of convalescence '
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
TermCoal mining
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