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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/2/8/1 |
| Title | Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for Lawrence Ingham, aged 38, Coal cutter at Glapwell, relating to an Industrial Accident |
| Date | 1951 |
| Description | Date of birth: 24/02/1913
Marital status: Not given
Address: 5 Dorothy Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse
Type of injury: Injury - back
Description of accident: I was lifting a mechanical gummer, weighing a hundredweight, when I felt a sudden pain in my back'
Further information: Ingham's accident was in April 1949, he was subsequently treated with traction at Harlow Wood hospital for prolapsed intervetbral disc. Returned to pre-accident work. Medical Board in March 1951 stated there was no loss of faculty. Grounds of appeal from Ingham: 'I am still having pain so that I cannot attend my work regularly and I cannot do the heavy lifting that I could do easily prior to the accident'. Tribunal noted: 'His unstable back which is likely to cause pain of varying intensity at varying intervals. He will also be likely to temporary exacerbation'. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |