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Surname
McGEACHIE
Forename
Samuel
Day
24
Month
08
Year
1922
Age
30
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bedlay
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Glenboig
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – Deceased was carrying out his ordinary work at the face when he was killed instantaneously by the fall of a wedge-shaped stone, weighing about 12 cwts., which came away from a keen glassy back in the roof. The specified distance between the last row of props and the face was exceeded at the place where the accident occurred. In all probability the accident would have been prevented if the timbering rules had been observed. No timber was displaced by the fall. The place had not been inspected by a fireman for nearly five hours.