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Surname
NICOL
Forename
William
Day
05
Month
07
Year
1913
Age
17
Occupation
Apprentice Electrician
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchengeich
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Chryston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased and another boy were on the cage of a hoist used principally to raise starting the cage. He failed to bring back his arm quick enough and it was crushed between the moving cage side and the cross beam of the framework of the hoist. He died six days later from his injuries. Deceased knew it was against orders to ride on the cage, and at the time of the accident he wished to get quickly to the pithead level to fix a cable for lighting purposes.