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Surname
MALLOCH
Forename
Daniel
Day
15
Month
05
Year
1916
Age
Occupation
Linesman
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairenbathie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
A linesman began work on a high tension transmission line before his assistant, whom he had sent to cut off the current, had returned to him and reported that the line was dead, and received a fatal shock. Three-phase system, 3000 volts. [Mine Inspectors Report 1916]