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Surname
McGONEGAL
Forename
Frank
Day
30
Month
04
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Foulshiels
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Stoneyburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Frank McGonegal, coal cutting machineman, 5 Fraser Street, Cleland, died on 30 April 1932 in Foulshiels Colliery, Stoneyburn, West Lothian, when he was drawn into the revolving picks of a coal cutting machine" Accidents by Machinery (Underground) - At Foulshiels Colliery, West Lothian, on April 30, a machineman was preparing to set a haulage prop to cut in with a bar machine when the rope caught in the picks of the revolving bar, which dragged him under the bar, killing him instantly. The bar had been disengaged for the earlier moving of the machine. The primary cause of the accident was the starting switch, which was out of order. The electrician had been sent for and the leading machineman was loth to switch off as the fuse would probably have blown, and the risk of allowing the bar to revolve in such circumstances was taken. [From Inspector of Mines Report for 1932]