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Surname
RODGER or KEAN
Forename
Robert
Day
16
Month
03
Year
1923
Age
33
Occupation
Tail Runner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumphinnans, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
16 March 1923: Man Fatally Injured In Lumphinnans Colliery - Robert Kean (33), residing 1 Sligo Street, Lumphinnans, died in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital yesterday from injuries sustained through being struck by a wirerope which had slipped off a wheel in No 1 Pit, Lumphinnans Colliery: He leaves a widow and four of a family. [Scotsman 17 March 1923] Lumphinnans Colliery Fatality - Accident On Wheel Brae – Robert Kean (33), a tail runner who resided at Sligo Street, Lumphinnans, died in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital last night as the result of an accident which occurred earlier in the day at No 1 Pit, Lumphinnans Colliery. Kean, who was employed on a wheel brae in the Dunfermline seam of the pit was struck with force by a steel rope which had sprung out of position on the wheel. The unfortunate man was severely injured, one of his legs being severed. Kean was at once removed to hospital and the leg amputated. He succumbed shortly after undergoing the operation. Deceased leaves a widow and four of a family. [Dunfermline Journal 17 March 1923]