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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/5/16
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for Samuel Watson, aged 35, Coal face worker at [colliery not stated], relating to an Industrial Accident
Date1950
DescriptionDate of birth: 20/11/1914
Marital status: Married
Address: 180 New Houses, Kilburn Road, Openwoodgate, Belper
Type of injury: Injury - leg
Description of accident: Filling coal when a piece of stone fell and caught leg
Further information: Watson claimed, 'I can't do my work at a coal face. My leg cracks when I get so far down and then get up again. I also have been on milk diet with ulcers in my stomache. - all the nerves having gone through shock […] I have had to leave my employment as a miner'.
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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