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Surname
VERNON
Forename
Henry
Day
31
Month
01
Year
1911
Age
59
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Peak Forest Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Great Central Railway Co.
Location
Buxton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
While working upon a narrow ledge, about 30 inches wide and at a height of 30 feet from the bottom of the quarry, he overbalanced and fell to the bottom, striking his head on some loose stone and fracturing his skull. A rope or chain should have been used as required by Special Rule No.31.