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Surname
UNKNOWN
Forename
Unknown
Day
30
Month
11
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Law, Nos 6 & 7 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Carluke
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Falls of Roof at Working Face - At Law Nos. 6/7 Colliery, Lanarkshire, on November 30 a miner was stripping coal from a machine-cut face when a comparatively thin slab of roof fell on him. The roof had been supported by straps with a prop at one end and the other end needled into a -falling stone- above the coal. Two straps were reeled out and broken as the needling had not afforded any support. If the two straps had fulfilled their purpose the stone could not have fallen. [From Inspector of Mines Report for 1932]