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Surname
STEVENSON
Forename
George
Day
17
Month
01
Year
1922
Age
42
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Whiterigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Giffnock Collieries Ltd
Location
Airdrie
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – Deceased went to the assistance of another man working alongside upon whom a thin slab of stone had fallen at the coal face when a large stone fell from the roof and killed him. The other man was uninjured. One prop was displaced by the fall. The cause of the stone falling was irregular bedding which was concealed by the thin slab aforesaid. The timber was probably set wider than the specified maximum, but this did not contribute to the accident. Systematic strapping would have prevented it. New Monkland accidents