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Surname
STEVENSON
Forename
John
Day
18
Month
02
Year
1911
Age
27
Occupation
Foreman
Mine/Quarry Name
Craigroot Quarry
Mineral Worked
Whinstone
Owner
David B. Shaw
Location
Queenzieburn
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
He was moving a drilling machine along a narrow ledge 20 feet above the quarry floor when he slipped and fell. The ledge was too narrow to move heavy weights on and the drill should have been lowered to the floor and raised again. Died January 3rd, 1912.