From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Accident report concerning an employee scorched by a flame from an engine exhaust.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\1\ scan0072 | |
| Date | 26th October 1926 | |
| X4199 To D/L. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG26.10.26. ACCIDENT TO F.{Mr Friese} WEST (2365) ON 21ST.OCT. (about 10 a.m.) This man was severely scorched by a flame from the exhaust during carburetter adjustments to the Falcon X. engine on No.4 Test Bed. The accident was wholly unavoidable and such as is likely to occur during preliminary adjustments to the carburetters when starting up. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||