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Surname
McLEAN
Forename
Alexander
Day
21
Month
04
Year
1922
Age
52
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Calderhead, No.4
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Ascending or Descending by Machinery – He was entering the cage to commence work on the afternoon shift when the engineman lowered away the cage, He was crushed between the end of the cage and the floor at the banking level, and was killed instantly. The keps were not in position to support the cage.