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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/2/49/1 |
| Title | Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for Alfred Bacon, aged 57, Coal miner at Morton, relating to an Industrial Accident |
| Date | 1956 |
| Description | Date of birth: 02/05/1899
Marital status: Married
Address: 5 Stollard Street, Clay Cross
Type of injury: Injury - groin strain
Description of accident: LIfting a tub on the creeper when his feet slipped sideways under him
Further information: Other addresses: 38A High Street, Clay Cross and 7 Amber Place, Holmgate. Bacon had an accident which caused a compression fracture of the spine in 1949 and there is paperwork in relation to this. From report 1 October 1954: 'Obese. Dyspnoeic. Plethoric'. The Tribunal findings stated: 'The MInister has referred this case submitting that the degree of disablement has been under-assessed [...] a progressive condition of osteo-arthritis which was aggravated by the relevant accident'. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |