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Surname
TRIPENY
Forename
Andrew
Day
16
Month
09
Year
1913
Age
22
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Banknock, Cannerton Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Banknock Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Banknock
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
He was holing in 2 feet 9 inch seam, rising 1 in 4, when a piece of coal 8.5 ft by 2.75 ft. by 1.5 ft, which he had holed fell away at a joint and crushed him to death. As there was 11 feet of holed, unspragged coal next to the coal which fell, and no signs of sprags under the fallen coal, it is not unreasonable to suppose that no sprags were set.