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Surname
McKAY
Forename
James
Day
16
Month
12
Year
1912
Age
57
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Hillrigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hillrigg Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased and other workman were engaged in lowering beams down the shaft. They were too long to be placed on the cage, and had to he slung under, by means of a chain one end of the chain was fastened to the end of the beam and the other was wound round the crossbar of the cage, and hitched. One beam had been safely lowered and in getting the second one into position deceased failed to hitch the chain as he did in the first and when the beam went into the shaft it fell away, and the loose end of the chain unwound off the crossbar, and striking his head, killed him.