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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Henry
Day
20
Month
02
Year
1906
Age
50
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Southfield Quarry
Mineral Worked
Stone
Owner
Mrs Ruth Chadwick
Location
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Was seen to stoop to pick up his spade; apparently the stooping affected him, for he stood up and, reeling round with his arms held up. He fell over the ledge 2 feet below his bead struck the top of a waggon, thence he fell 5 feet to the ground. Doctor on post-mortem found congestion of brain, but whether this arose naturally or from the fall could not be proved. There was no injury to the brain. Ledge 5 feet wide.