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D1920 - National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area - 1867-2015
- 2 - Area Compensation Department - 1906-1997
  - 1 - Local Appeal Tribunals - 1948-1985
    - 9 - Local Appeal Tribunals 1959 M-Z - 1959

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1920/2/1/9/4
Title	Local Appeal Tribunal case file for Albert Edward Plews Moorley, aged 58, [job not stated] at Shirebrook
Date	1959
Description	Date of birth: Marital status: Single Address: Not given, Not given Type of benefit claimed: Injury benefit Type of injury: Injury - neck Further information: Accident certified as 'neck strain' had occurred when Moorley slipped whilst carrying a bag of cement. Subsequent medical certificates gave cervical arthritis and an X-ray showed 'gross hypertrophic arthritic changes of the cervical spine'. Debate about whether incapacity to work was as a result of the injury or the underlying condition occurred and Tribunal findings gave: 'On the balance of probabilities and in view of the fact that the neck trouble was not apparent before and became apparent immediately after the accident [...] the arthritic condition was aggravated by the neck injury'.
Extent	1 file
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area

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