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Surname
WATSON
Forename
John
Day
21
Month
09
Year
1905
Age
27
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Oakbank
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Mid Calder
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Deceased was left in the faceman to fill and draw shale which had been dug and while filling a tub the top shale suddenly fell and crushed him fatally. The shale fell away from foul skins due to the presence of a hitch and which were partly seen. There were no sprags up to the top shale.