In Jan 1929, Burntisland man Alexander Millar was impaled by a gear lever while driving a locomotive at the Lochgelly colliery. A fireman pulled him off the lever and Millar finished the 3hrs of his shift. He got the bus home and then died of a ruptured liver.
In 1842, an Act of Parliament banned all women from working underground. Mary Bennet of Lochgelly (1821-1912) was one of the last surviving pit women in Scotland. Starting aged 12, she hauled iron ore hutches up and down a 30m pit all day for basically £10.
Dundee Evening Telegraph. Tuesday 10th December 1912. pg. 3