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Surname
WEST
Forename
John
Day
03
Month
10
Year
1905
Age
45
Occupation
Contractor
Mine/Quarry Name
Pumpherston, No.5
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Uphall
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked in a sinking dook and the tubs were drawn from it and the benches above by means of a main dook rope in rakes of four. A rake lifted from a bench above and means was up some distance the last tub uncoupled and running back dashed into a scaffold on which some miners stood to timber the roof and a piece of wood splinter was forced down on him. The coupling used was a ram's horn and it had been put into the tub with a twist and by the jerking had come out. A 'jock' was provided to attach to the last tub but the chainer neglected to put it in.