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Surname
SCOTLAND
Forename
Andrew
Day
11
Month
05
Year
1912
Age
45
Occupation
Pithead Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
East Grange
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
In the absence of the Pitheadman, who was in the Winding Engine House, the deceased was pushing an empty hutch into the cage, when the Winding Engineman, in response to a signal from the bottom, lowered the cage, and caused Scotland to fall to the ground level, a distance of more than 20ft. The Winding Engineman believed the Pithead to be deserted, and the men at their meals. The Pitheadman should not have been in the Engine House when the cage was moved, but either on the Pithead or with the men.