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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/2/9/32 |
| Title | Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for Thomas William Wain, aged 35, [occupation not stated] at [colliery not stated], relating to an Industrial Accident |
| Date | 1951 |
| Description | Date of birth: 14/10/1915
Marital status: Married
Address: 42 Madison Avenue, Chaddesden
Type of injury: Injury - leg
Description of accident: Watching the cutterman sweep in when the gib kicked out and hit the foot
Further information: Amputation of foot / lower leg and prosthesis fitted. Appeal against a 40 per cent disablement life assessment included letter from Wain 'I consider that my injury and disablement is in escxwess of the amount you specify i.e. loss of right foot. Having had my leg amputated 7 inches below the knee, I feel that this is a greater disablement.' Wain did not turn up at the hearing and there is a pencil note 'written to Insurance to tell them to withdraw case'. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |