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Surname
HAMBLIN
Forename
George
Day
24
Month
06
Year
1913
Age
19
Occupation
Chain Runner
Mine/Quarry Name
Leven, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Leven
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
He was engaged in attaching the chain to a full hutch on a cut-chain brae when another full hutch from the bench above ran down and struck him. The hutch was being lowered from the "face" of the brae on to the incline below, where the runner expected a stop block to be in position. This block was not in position, and the hutch went down the brae and struck deceased, killing him instantly.