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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/1/5/62 |
| Title | Local Appeal Tribunal case file for Charles William Wheatcroft, aged 43, Surface Worker at Shirland |
| Date | 1956 |
| Description | Date of birth:
Marital status: Married
Address: Not given, Not given
Type of benefit claimed: Injury benefit
Type of injury: Injury - knees and wrists
Further information: NUM representative gave: 'Was working on conveyor belt, which was started up by unauthorised person. He was pitched forward and injured knees […] Fall of coal additional.' Medical information gained since an adjourned hearing of 13 December 1955 included: other joints became involved developing into what is known as Polyarthritis. This is a condition of obscure aetiology but [...] shock and trauma is a predisposing factor'. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |