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Surname
WELSH
Forename
James
Day
03
Month
07
Year
1962
Age
Occupation
Colliery shot firer
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
East Grange
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
James Welsh, colliery shot firer, 18 East Avenue, Blairhall, died on 3 Jul 1962 at Blairhall Colliery, when the end of a girder which he was helping to manhandle caught on a moving face conveyor and in swinging round pinned him against a pit prop"