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Surname
HUNTER
Forename
John
Day
16
Month
02
Year
1922
Age
27
Occupation
Coal cutting machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchlochan
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries Ltd
Location
Coalburn
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Machinery – He was in charge of a bar coal cutter. He had changed a set of cutting picks and was about to arrange the haulage rope for drawing in when he was caught by the revolving bar and sustained injuries from which he died the following day. He was alone at the moment and exactly what happened is not known.