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D1920 - National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area - 1867-2015
- 2 - Area Compensation Department - 1906-1997
  - 2 - Medical Appeal Tribunals - 1948-1993
    - 9 - Medical Appeal Tribunals 1951 R-Z - 1951

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1920/2/2/9/43
Title	Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for Walter Wilson, aged 52, Packer at Coppice No. 3, relating to an Industrial Accident
Date	1951
Description	Date of birth: 13/10/1898 Marital status: Not given Address: 11 The Meadows, Heanor Type of injury: Injury - back Description of accident: Whilst packing he slipped and strained back Further information: A small handwritten note states 'Surgical Specialists Report […] dated 4/7/51 have not been made available to c/t.' The claimant's appeal against the decision of 16 April 1951 states 'great Loss of Wages, a greater Discomforts of life […] will this disablement get wors as I grow older.' The claimant's description of the accident on 16 May 1951 according to the Initial medical report states 'I was crushed (pinned) between a bar and pans which I was crawling over which caused a wrenched Back Muscle and a hernia developed on left side.' An orthopaedic specialist's report is included dated 30 May 1951. The tribunal upheld the decision of 20 per cent disablement for life on 8 August 1951.
Extent	1 file
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area

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