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Surname
KELLY
Forename
John
Day
10
Month
01
Year
1922
Age
36
Occupation
Coal Cutting Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Ferniegair
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – He was in front of and driving a coal cutting machine. As he removed a prop which was in the path of the machine, a large stone slipped from an invisible lype and between two dry backs and killed him instantaneously. A strap was broken by the fall. Systematic strapping would have prevented the accident.