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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/2/30/13 |
| Title | Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for Harry Wilkinson, aged 60, Coal miner at Grassmoor, relating to an Industrial Accident |
| Date | 1954 |
| Description | Date of birth: 09/11/1893
Marital status: Not given
Address: 5 Frederick Street, Grassmoor
Type of injury: Injury - knee
Description of accident: Getting bind down, a lump of coal caught his knee
Further information: Following the assessment period the loss of faculty is given as 9 per cent from 26 April 1954 for life. Typed sheet states: 'The Chairman of the Appeal Board […] commented on the fact that Mr Wilkinson was unco-operative dutring the examination and desired to stress how essential it was that workmen should co-operate with the Board [...] a lack of co-operation might result in an adverse finding'. Wilkinson had asserted that he had been told he was suffering from Beat knee and alleged that was due to the accident. Severe co-existing osteo-arthritis of the knee joint was noted. An orthopaedic opinion stated the leg condition was not beat knee but there was an infective dermatitis present. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |