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Surname
MARTIN
Forename
Robert
Day
09
Month
05
Year
1922
Age
51
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Clydeside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – Deceased was working at the coal face when a fall of roof occurred and he was killed instantly. The accident happened at the waste end of a longwall face where a piece of coal 45 ft. wide was some 15 ft. behind the remainder of the face. The stone which fell was bounded by a break, a lype, and a fault slip. Some timber was run out by the fall. The timbering rule was apparently not contravened, but straps were not in use. The place was inspected by a fireman and reported safe within two hours of the accident.