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Surname
NEILSON
Forename
Walter
Day
15
Month
08
Year
1913
Age
53
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Howmuir
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Auchinlea Coal Co.
Location
Cleland
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased and another workman were on the top of a dross hopper, spreading the dross, when it collapsed, and in falling one of the wooden beams struck and killed him instantaneously. The cause of the collapse was due to a wooden cross supporting the hopper giving way. A close examination slowed that dry rot had set in right across the beam longitudinally, although outwardly it appeared all right. From the position in which the beam was set it should have held a safe load of 30 tons, and the total weight never exceeded eight tons.