Full Details

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.