TABLE NO. 4.-List of fatal accidents that occurred in and about the mines of the Fifth Bituminous Mine District for the 96 year ending December 31, 1895.

Date of accident.

Name of Pers n

Occupation.

Age.

Widow.

Number of orphans.

Name of Colliery.

Location-County.

Nature and

Cause of Accident.

at

shaft while
Killed by falling down
work dumping coal on top of shaft.
trips of
killed
Was instantly
between
loaded and empty cars, which collided
on side track, caused by a misplaced
switch.

Caught in "bull wheel" of rope haulage.
cutting his leg off, which resulted in
death.

Run over by loaded trip on slope; his
right leg was cut off and he was intern-
ally injured and died two days after-
wards.

Run over by charging larry on coke ovens,
which crushed his head, causing in-
stant death.

Was running in front of charging larries
to throw a switch, when he tripped and
fell and was run over by lar. y.
Was caught between wagon and rib; both
legs were broken and he was injured in-
ternally; died in hospital two days after-
ward.
Instantly killed by a fall of roof coal and
slate, while drawing out posts in work-
ing out pillars.

A cross timber brok on s'd t:ack, al-
lowing a large piece of rock to fall on
him, killing him instantly.

Was taking out posts in drawing ribs,
when roof fell on him. burying him
under fall; was dead when taken out.

REPORTS OF THE INSPECTORS OF MINES.

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TABLE NO. 5.—List of non-fatal accidents that occurred in and about the mines of the Fifth Bituminous Mine District for the year ending December 31, 1895.

Date of accident.

Name of Person.

Occupation.

Age.

Married.

Number of children.

Name of Colliery.

Nature and Cause of Accident.

A bruised foot; a wheel on the car broke,
causing the bumper to catch his foot.
Skull fractured by falling on iron rail
while retreating from a fall that he was
making on rib, while drawing out pillars.
Two ribs broken; two trips collided; cars
jumped the track and squeezed driv.r
between rib and car.

While stepping into a stock car his foot
slipped, which caused him to fall, break-
ing his leg between the knee and ankle.
Scalp wound six inches long, received while
at work on the coke ovens.
Flesh wound on the leg about eight inches
long. caused by slate rolling from corner
of rib.

Crushed about hips by fall of slate that
he was pulling down.

Bruised and cut on head, face and breast
by being thrown from trip against pillar.
Fell from trestle, bruising his head and
face.

Three flesh wounds
head
serious, caused by fall of roof coal and
slate.

on

the

not

8,

John W. Owens,

Miner,

126

S.

Leisenring No. 2,

Fayette,

Contusion

not
of the back,
serious;
piece of slate fell and struck him whil
he was stooping.

a

rib work was
While drawing posts on
caught by fall of coal and slate and in-
jured about legs.

Ankle badly sprained and cut below the
knee. caused by falling in front of
wagon while running it down his room.

Fayette,
Somerset,

Collar bone broken and foot hurt by being
struck by empty trip of cars on slope.
Breast and shoulders injured and head cut
by a piece of slate.

Was struck by corner of mine wagon,
breaking small bone of left hand.
Shoulder dislocated by being caught be-
tween wagon and rib when away from
his door.

Hand hurt by being squeezed by the brake
on mine wagon (not seriously).
Breast and back hurt by being run over
by loaded wagon, while dropping it out
of his room.

Left wrist broken, head cut and back in-
jured by fall of coal and slate while
running out stump of coal on pillar.
These two persons were seriously injured
by a boiler explosion while at work in
their office; cause of explosion unknown.
Collar bone broken by fall of slate while
working in face of his room.

Shoulder bone broken by fall of slate,
while at work in his room.

Leg broken by piece of slate falling on
him while at work at drawing pillars.
While at work drawing pillars a fall of
slate from the roof broke his leg.
Foot hurt by wagon getting off track.
Crushed about the body by a fall on slope
caused by a runaway trip knocking out
the timbers where he was standing.
While drawing out posts on a rib a piece
of slate fell on him; back and shoulder
hurt.

27.

Louis McDowell.

Superintendent, 36 M.

Laughead,

Fayette,

27.

Charles Wi'son,

Clerk,

18

S.

Laughead,

Fayette,

S.

Oliver No. 1,

Fayette,

S.

Hill Farm,

Fayette,

M.

Redstone.

Fayette,

30

M.

Lemont No. 1.

Fayette,

6.

Jacob Wilson,

Miner,

35

M

Laughead,

Fayette,