Lancashire Mining Museum at Astley Green - Hello readers, this week's snippet of history explores more of the subject of safety in the mining industry, by looking at the Ormerod Detaching Hook
![Museum of Wigan Life on X: "This is the Ormerod Detaching Hook, on display in the Museum of Wigan Life. Patented in 1868 by its inventor Edward Ormerod who worked at Gibfield Museum of Wigan Life on X: "This is the Ormerod Detaching Hook, on display in the Museum of Wigan Life. Patented in 1868 by its inventor Edward Ormerod who worked at Gibfield](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPthN2kWsAANrxW.jpg:large)
Museum of Wigan Life on X: "This is the Ormerod Detaching Hook, on display in the Museum of Wigan Life. Patented in 1868 by its inventor Edward Ormerod who worked at Gibfield
Lancashire Mining Museum at Astley Green - Edward Ormerod (2 May 1834 – 26 May 1894) was an English mining engineer. An Omerod detaching hook and bell at the Lancashire Mining Museum.
![David Amos on X: "Newly installed plaque on the #JohnKing mining memorial at #Pinxton, #Derbyshire. The detaching hook was a safety device which detached the cage from the rope in the event David Amos on X: "Newly installed plaque on the #JohnKing mining memorial at #Pinxton, #Derbyshire. The detaching hook was a safety device which detached the cage from the rope in the event](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKJ_gy0WkAAOnJy.jpg:large)