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Surname
PEDAN
Forename
Thomas
Day
07
Month
04
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Polbeth, No.26 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
12 April 1932: WEST CALDER MINING FATALITY - A shale miner named Thomas Peden, who resided at Dedridge, Midcalder, met with an accident at No.26 shale mine at West Calder. The platform on which he was working gave way, and he fell on a hatch, fracturing several of his ribs. He was conveyed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, but succumbed to his injuries. (The Scotsman, 14th April 1932) Accidents from Other Causes - At Polbeth (Oil Shale) Mine, Midlothian, on April 7, a miner was standing on a scaffold which he had erected in a steeply inclined working to enable him to stamp a hole in the roof. A piece of old wagon buffer formed part of the scaffold, and it broke in the centre causing him to fall heavily, a distance of four feet, with fatal results. [From Mines Inspector's Report for 1932]