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Surname
PICKEN
Forename
Joseph
Day
07
Month
08
Year
1922
Age
64
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Annandale, No.11 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries Ltd
Location
Kilmarnock
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
7 August 1922: Kilmarnock Miner Killed - A miner named Joseph Picken, residing at 18 East Netherton Street, Kilmarnock, has been killed by a fall of stone from the roof at No.11 Annandale colliery, near Kilmarnock. Deceased, who was 64 years of age and married, had followed the occupation of mining for over 50 years. [Scotsman 10 August 1922] Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – Deceased was engaged in proving the coal beyond a 3 ft. upthrow fault which had been encountered across the whole width of his working place. A portion of roof alongside the fault, measuring 15 ft. 3 in. long. 6 ft. broad, and 6 in. average thickness, fell without any warning and killed him instantly. Having regard to its dangerous nature, which was fully realised, the roof should have been more closely timbered. Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages