Full Details
- Surname
- BROWN
- Forename
- James
- Day
- 25
- Month
- 10
- Year
- 1962
- Age
- Occupation
- Backbrusher
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Polkemmet
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- National Coal Board
- Location
- Whitburn
- County
- Linlithgowshire
- Details of Event
- James Brown, backbrusher, 12 Ellen Street, Whitburn, died on 25 October 1962 in Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, when a shot was fired and he was struck by flying debris"