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Surname
SNEDDON
Forename
Robert
Day
30
Month
12
Year
1969
Age
Occupation
Power loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinneil
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Bo’ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Robert Sneddon, power loader, 9 Douglas Drive, Bo'ness, died on 30 December 1969 in an ambulace conveying him from Kinneil Colliery, Bo'ness, to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, when the power loader on which he was working stopped and a slack chain behind it pulled tight violently, striking him on the head"