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Surname
CONNOR
Forename
Robert
Day
31
Month
08
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall, Nos 5 & 10 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Information from the Mines Inspector's report - 1927: Electricity: At Rosehall 5/10 Colliery, Lanark, on 31st August, a brusher and a haulageman were moving a conveyor pan. A coal cutting machine was at work during the same shift but was not cutting when the accident occurred, although the electric current was still on to the machine and the live trailing cable lay along the floor. The men were dragging the pan over the trailing cable when a sharp edge penetrated the cab tyre sheathing and made contact with one of the live cores. The two men received electric shocks which killed them. A little forethought on the part of the men should have shown them the danger, but intelligent supervision of the work by a competent person was what was needed.