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Surname
DIXON
Forename
Alexander
Day
08
Month
07
Year
1905
Age
24
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Parkhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glasgow Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Motherwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged with others in "taking up" the winding rope of one side of the shaft and for that purpose the rope was held in the shaft by glands fixed on two beams, laid on loose planks across the shaft mouth at the low scaffold. After the work was completed the beams were being removed and deceased was at one side pulling with the beam between his legs and when the beam was moved the plank moved also and the opposite end falling into the shaft the end at which deceased was caught him as it descended and he was thrown forward and precipitated to the bottom. The planks should have been secured.