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Surname
UNKNOWN
Forename
Unknown
Day
NK
Month
NK
Year
1926
Age
Occupation
Electrician
Mine/Quarry Name
Carnock
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Alloa Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowie
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1926: On surface: There was also an electrical fatality on the surface. It occurred Carnock Colliery, Stirling, where an electrician was attempting to instal a bank of lamps to act as a leakage detector at the main switchboard whilst the bus bars were alive. He was on a step ladder reaching over the top of the panel when his forearm inadvertently made contact with a bus bar carrying current at 600 volts alternating and he was killed. The manager had warned him not to attempt this job while the pressure was on. There was no urgency and the work could have been done in safety after the power was off.