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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/67/27
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for Arthur Henry Burrows, aged 60, Miner at Ormonde, relating to an Industrial Accident
Date1958
DescriptionDate of birth: 03/02/1898
Marital status: Not given
Address: 6 Raglan Street, Hill Top, Eastwood
Type of injury: Fractured humerus with arthritis of wrist and thumb
Description of accident: Slipped and fell onto a moving belt catching the arm on a roller
Further information: File includes paperwork relating to a Commissioner's hearing on 11 October 1955 of the insurance officer's appeal against Special Hardship Allowance, when Burrows had been an underground miner for 40 years. The industrial disease was Miner's Nystagmus (Burrows had one false eye). The case outcome is not given. Several letters from Burrows regarding this case, mainly in relation to whether further Opthalmic opinion was required by the Appeal Tribunal. Carbonated wage slips included.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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