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Surname
BENNETT
Forename
Robert
Day
04
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
38
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochore
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochore
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked in a dook dipping 45 degrees. The tubs rested on a prop while being filled; the prop was insecurely fixed between roof and pavement and it slipped out at foot, and tub ran back and crushed him against the coal face. He died nine hours later.