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Surname
GIFFEN
Forename
William
Day
02
Month
08
Year
1919
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Townhead, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Carfin
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Townhead, No.2, Lanark, August 2nd - While engaged in cutting the coal a "short" developed on the machine, and owing to the pin connecting the earthing system to the machine becoming loose and defective, he received so severe a shock that it immediately killed him. [From Mines & Quarries General Report with Statistics for 1919 By HM Chief Inspector of Mines, Table of fatal accidents due to use of electricity in and about mines] Name identified from Register of FAI