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Surname
NELSON
Forename
Benjamin
Day
01
Month
12
Year
1922
Age
22
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Loanhead, No.4 Incline - Burghlee
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Loanhead
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (a) Falls of Side – He was lying down getting coal from under overhanging clod properly supported, when a fall of 11cwts killed him. The clod should not have fallen, but it split in two and slipped out from between the supports.