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Surname
DICK
Forename
Peter
Day
08
Month
05
Year
1908
Age
43
Occupation
Shaftsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Oakbank
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Mid Calder
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
An old lodgement in the shaft, 22 fathoms up from the bottom was being repaired and deceased pushed a loaded tub forward into the open shaft evidently thinking the cage was there and both wore precipitated to the bottom.