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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/36/7
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for Harry Pye, aged 41, Coal miner at New Langley, relating to an Industrial Accident
Date1954
DescriptionDate of birth: 31/07/1913
Marital status: Not given
Address: 36 Stamford Street, Newthorpe
Type of injury: Fractured pelvis
Description of accident: Bullrail fell out causing stone to fall from roof
Further information: In Pye's appeal: 'My physical and mental abilities have deteriorated […] The mental agony I suffer is a torture to me […] the times when I am at work it becomes a battle of wills within myself to go down to the pit'. Tribunal summary: 'there is an element of neurosis in this case, but this has been covered by the assessment of 10 per cent for life'
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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