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Surname
ROGER
Forename
Thomas
Day
04
Month
04
Year
1942
Age
40
Occupation
Electrician
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, Nos 3 & 4 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Fallin
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Caught in fan. The death took place in an Edinburgh hospital on Thursday of Thomas Rodger, Electrician, 27 Bandeath Road, Fallin, who, the previous Saturday (4 April 1942) was seriously injured while at work in Polmaise Colliery, Fallin. Rodger, who was well known in local dramatic circles, was removing a cover from a wooden box containing an electric motor, when his clothing was caught in the revolving shaft. He received severe shock and spinal concussion and was removed to Stirling Royal Infirmary. Later he was rushed to a hospital in Edinburgh, but despite treatment, succumbed to his injuries. (Stirling Observer).