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Surname
McCALL
Forename
Daniel
Day
09
Month
05
Year
1908
Age
37
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Carnock, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Alloa Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowie
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
While working on a hanging scaffold the rope slipped over the flange of the winding drum and the jerk precipitated him down the shaft. There was not a large enough flange on the drum to the amount of rope coiled round it.