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Surname
POLLOCK
Forename
Andrew
Day
07
Month
12
Year
1922
Age
34
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall, No.14 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (a) Falls of Side – Deceased was in the act of setting a leg to a strap just under the brushing lip when a large stone weighing approximately one ton fell from the brushing and killed him. The strap, legged at one end, was broken by the stone. The place had been inspected by a fireman within the hour and reported safe. Deceased had been at work for ten hours and a half.