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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/9/20
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for Thomas Smith, aged 43, Shotfirer at Ormonde, relating to an Industrial Accident
Date1951
DescriptionDate of birth: 25/04/1907
Marital status: Not given
Address: 17 Watkinson Street, Heanor
Type of injury: Injury - leg
Description of accident: Piece of stone from shot struck the thigh
Further information: The Appeal paper is dated 10 December 1951 but there is no date given for the Tribunal. Smith suffered a lacerated leg in the accideent which was stitched up and he then returned to work. In August 1951 the wound was opened up again for the removal of a piece of stone 'the size of a nutmeg' in Heanor Hospital and he then returned to work 17 September 1951. The Medical Board in September 1951 had decided a temporary loss of faculty at less than 20 per cent. The appeal which was endorsed by the Heanor GP who said: 'I consider he is entitled to disablement benefit instead of the sick pay he has received'.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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