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Surname
LAIRD
Forename
David
Day
09
Month
10
Year
1906
Age
28
Occupation
Coal Cutter Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Grangemouth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Grangemouth Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Grangemouth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
A coal cutting machine of the bar type, and driven by electricity, was put into a seam 23 ins. high, and deceased had charge of it. To turn the machine and allow the cutter to work in one direction it was being hauled along the face by its own power with the bar parallel to the face and revolving and by some means deceased’s shirt was caught by the picks on the bar and he was instantly disembowelled.