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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/58/21
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for John Ernest Broughton, aged 53, Front ripper at Warsop Main, relating to an Industrial Accident
Date1957
DescriptionDate of birth: 15/09/1903
Marital status: Not given
Address: 88 Warsop Vale, Mansfield
Type of injury: Head injury and spinal injury with partial paraplegia
Description of accident: Slipped on belt and hit forehead and shoulders, was trapped between belt and conveyor
Further information: From medical board report, completed in Lodge Moor Hospital in September 1956: 'Partial control of bowels […]Multiple severe scars undergoing plastic surgery […] Wears a rubber urinal […]Unable to walk more than 5 yards with 2 sticks'. From the May 1957 report: 'I can walk about 20 yards without sticks. I have no control over my water or bowels'.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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