Full Details

Surname

SWAN

Forename

James

Day

24

Month

12

Year

1922

Age

47

Occupation

Repairer

Mine/Quarry Name

Calderhead, No.4

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Shotts Iron Co. Ltd

Location

Shotts

County

Lanarkshire

Details of Event

Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – He was preparing to put timber in between timbers that showed signs of weight, when further weight came on, snapped the bars, buried him in debris, and forced his face into the mud of the road. Death was due to suffocation.