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Surname
CLARK
Forename
Thomas
Day
25
Month
04
Year
1922
Age
32
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Leven, Nos 1 & 2 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Leven
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – He was driving a coal cutter in a section where the roof was bad and where the coal would not stand up to support straps next the line of face. The roof had been weighting and caused the coal to sit down on the disc of the machine. After twice clearing the disc he was about to switch on the power when a fall of roof took place on top of the machine, one of the stones crushing his head against the switch and fracturing his skull. Death was instantaneous.