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Surname
FISHER
Forename
Joseph
Day
08
Month
03
Year
1926
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kenmuirhill, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Mount Vernon Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Shettleston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1926: Roof fall: At Kenmuirhill No.2 Colliery, Lanark, a miner was taking down machine holed coal on the face when a stone fell from between two roof breaks 2 ft. 6 in. apart and killed him. Three back-heeled straps each with a single prop nearer to the waste than the roof breaks were broken off near the props by the stone. Back-heeled straps are simply man traps and no manager any knowledge of mechanics should tolerate them in the workings under his charge. Straps are of little value as supports unless properly set up with props under each end, and where the prop cannot be set up next the coal face till the coal cutting machine has passed, the straps should be needled into the coal and props set there immediately the machine has passed.