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Surname
MORRISON
Forename
David
Day
03
Month
03
Year
1914
Age
17
Occupation
Filler and Hanger-on
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Coaltown of Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
He was acting as hanger-on at the foot of a single tub brae having an inclination of about 1 in 3 ½. The empty hutch left the rails at 8 yards from the foot of the brae, and the sudden jerk almost drew out the 9-inch wheel from the stirrup which held it, owing to a nail, which acted as cotter, shearing. The men at the top of the brae did not notice this, and called on deceased to come up the brae and lift the hutch on the road. As soon as he relieved it and the weight came on the pulley the wheel drew out of the stirrup and released the chain, and the full hutch ran down the brae and crashed into the empty hutch, there not being sufficient room for the hutches to pass, and deceased s head was crushed between the empty hutch and the roof. He was killed instantly. In the first place, the arrangement of pulley used was bad and unfitted for such work, and in the second, if the road had been kept in proper order the tubs would not have left the rails.