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Surname
DAVIE
Forename
Archibald
Day
23
Month
03
Year
1922
Age
56
Occupation
Joiner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinneil
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kinniel Cannel & Coking Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bo’ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
On Surface – By Machinery – While he was working beside a revolving shaft, his clothing was caught by a projecting set screw on a collar; he was drawn between the shaft and the floor where he wedged. The pull of the shaft on his clothes then broke his neck. The machinery could have been stopped for him to work safely. Newspaper report - Lothians pages