Full Details

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"