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Surname
SKELLY
Forename
Benjamin
Day
24
Month
10
Year
1913
Age
26
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Calderhead, No.4
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was setting a prop, and kneeling 4 feet behind the disc of a coal cutting machine, when he accidentally put out his foot and it was caught by the revolving disc. He died of shock a few hours afterwards.