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Surname
ABERCROMBIE
Forename
Robert
Day
11
Month
02
Year
1929
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchinreoch
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Kilsyth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1929:  Falls of roof At Auchinreoch Colliery, Stirling in the Coking Coal Seam which is 2ft. 6in. thick, is worked longwall, and has normally a strong sandstone roof, a miner was filling hand got coal into a conveyor when a long narrow slab of stone 12ft by 2ft 6in by 7ft. thick, tapering to a feather edge, fell on him and killed him. The fall took place from between the front row of props and the coal face.  The roof was supported by props and lids, but if straps been used and well needled into the coal the accident could hardly have occurred.  The lesson here is that straps supported at the face ends are necessary whether a roof is strong or weak.