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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/2/15/12 |
| Title | Medical Appeal Tribunal case file for Amos Smedley, aged 45, [occupation not stated] at West Hallam, relating to an Industrial Accident |
| Date | 1952 |
| Description | Date of birth: 12/12/1906
Marital status: Not given
Address: 4 Highfield Avenue, Kirk Hallam
Type of injury: Injury - foot
Description of accident: Tram ran over it*
Further information: There is correspondence relating to an overpayment of supplementary benefit due to the Medical Board's decision. The claimant had three operations and has lost two toes and the fourth metatarsal. The colliery is stated as West Hallam on the handwritten notes. There is handwritten correspondence from the claimant providing reasons as to why he cannot attend the hearing. Hospital notes are included. *Description of accident also 'getting timber up by haulage when rope started causing tram to run over foot.' There is a large amount of correspondence from the claimant seeking advice regarding a range of issues including appealing, payments and coal allowance. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |