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Surname
MILLAR
Forename
David
Day
01
Month
10
Year
1912
Age
56
Occupation
Hoistman
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinneil
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kinneil Cannel & Coking Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bo'ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged in lifting hutches of ashes from ground level to the pithead level with a steam hoist. He put an extra heavy hutch on to hoist, and it failed to lift it. He then attempted to push a hutch off cage without shutting steam off first. He was carried up to pit head and had both legs broken between cages and some timbers at pithead. He died 16th Oct.