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Surname
COUSLAND
Forename
Archibald
Day
07
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
42
Occupation
Assistant Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Craigend
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Carron Co.
Location
Maddiston
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
He switched on the current to enable his partner to examine the commutator brushes before the haulage rope had been set in position the new picks catching in the coal threw the machine out from the face, which caused him to be caught and badly lacerated by the picks. He died soon afterwards.