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Surname
BLACK
Forename
Andrew
Day
23
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
20
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall, No.13 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
The deceased had charged a shot hole with gelignite, a detonator and fuse, and after lighting the fuse he retired to a place of safety. The shot did not immediately explode; after waiting about 40 minutes he returned to it and as he was approaching the face it exploded, and he was so severely injured that he died 12 days later. He should have waited at least 60 minutes as required by Section 8 (a) of the Explosives in Coal Mines Order.