New Search

Return to Search Results

Full Details

Surname
WALKER
Forename
John
Day
16
Month
01
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Lethans, No.2 Mine
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Saline
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Accidents by Machinery (Underground) - At Lethans No.2 Surface Mine, Fifeshire, on January 15, a machineman was standing in a branch road watching a chain machine cut across the roadhead when the machine kicked out of the holing and swung into the road. He was caught by the picks and received fatal injuries. An inspection showed that one of the picks had worked loose and was projecting about 1 1/2 inches more than the other picks. This projecting pick probably caught against a hard piece of coal or an ironstone ball and so caused the machine to kick out. The machine was fitted with a guard round the banjo, but the machineman was caught by the unprotected portion of the chain. [From Inspector of Mines Report for 1932]