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Surname
O'NEILL
Forename
Thomas
Day
12
Month
06
Year
1922
Age
38
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Blantyreferme
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A.G. Moore & Co. Ltd
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (a) Falls of Side – He was employed at the face of a machine run where the cut coal is stripped on ”end.” On removing a sprag only half the depth of the cut coal, in a length of 5 ft., fell. While he was engaged shovelling the fallen coal the remaining portion of the overhanging coal rolled over without warning, and he pinned underneath a slab, weighing about three cwts. He sustained internal injuries which caused death eight days later. The accident would have been avoided if the remaining portion of the unspragged coal had been taken down prior to commencing shovelling