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Surname
KENT
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
11
Year
1914
Age
52
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Swinhill, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Darngavil Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Larkhall
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
The deceased was caught by the foot in the revolving disc of the machine when hanging the picks, his son being at the switch. The machine stopped at that moment through the surface circuit breaker tripping. In his anxiety to get help to release his father's boot, the son forgot to put the machine switch to the off position, The circuit-breaker was put in again by the surface man in charge at the power station with the result hat the machine began to revolve again. The deceased had one leg torn off by the picks and the other badly lacerated, as well as one of his hands, and died some 1.25 hours afterwards.