Single Record

Full Details

Surname

NK

Forename

NK

Day

11

Month

06

Year

1932

Age

Occupation

Mine/Quarry Name

Craigend

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Carron Co.

Location

Maddiston

County

Stirlingshire

Details of Event

Falls of Roof at Working Face - At Craigend Colliery, Stirlingshire, on June 11, a machineman was fatally injured by a fall of roof near a roadhead when shovelling loose coal from the rear of a disc machine before commencing his cutting shift. The maximum prescribed distances for supports were four feet between props, four feet between rows, and five feet between the front row of props and the face. One or two straps were always set at each side of a roadhead and a strap was also set under the brushing lip. The roof was a strong sandstone and did not appear to cut off on the line of the face for each undercut. The roof fell between a natural joint and a break probably caused by a heavy brushing shot. The distance between the front row of props and the face was excessive ; there was an absence of regular strapping; the sides of the brushing should have been more adequately supported when the breaker props were removed; and such heavy explosive charges should not have been permitted in the brushings. [From Inspector of Mines Report for 1932]