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Surname
MARSHALL
Forename
John
Day
05
Month
12
Year
1922
Age
30
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Dalzell & Broomside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wishaw Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Motherwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – He was about to start a road out of a level and had erected a carrying bar across the entrance supported by a single centre prop. He then removed the centre props from the bars being carried, leaving all the weight on the centre prop. When he attempted to put a side leg under the carrying bar it caused the collapse of the timbering and a fall of five tons of roof, which killed him. The work was not being done in a workmanlike manner.