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Surname
McQUEEN
Forename
Charles
Day
15
Month
05
Year
1913
Age
36
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Hopetoun, No.6 Pit
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Winchburgh
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
He had holed a piece of shale and attempted to pull it down, but failing to do so went under it again, without setting sprags, to hole it deeper, and while doing so the shale fell on him and killed him. The Fireman should have fenced the place off. There was no spare timber within 10 yards of the face, as required by the Act.