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Surname
HAMMOND
Forename
Alexander
Day
28
Month
02
Year
1922
Age
48
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Knockshinnoch
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
New Cumnock Collieries Ltd
Location
New Cumnock
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (a) Falls of Side – He was engaged extracting a small pillar of crushed coal 9ft by 5 ft and intersected by lypes. He fired a shot in the coal but as it did not do very well he commenced to hole it. In a few minutes a piece of coal 3ft by 2ft by 2ft rolled over from off a “lype” without any warning and, striking his head, caused such injuries that he died about an hour later. The only witness of the accident was a son of deceased, who declared that two sprags were set to the coal that came away. Careful searches made a few minutes after the accident and several times subsequently failed to discover these sprags. The investigation into the accident disclosed the fact that the inspection before commencing work had not been made and that the place had not been visited by a fireman for 3 ½ hours.