Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone)

Bulman, Stanley, 24 Mar 1943, [details not known]

Gavin, Patrick, 01 May 1903, aged 23, Quarryman, when levering some stone off at a "crack" in the rock the pinch bar slipped, and caused him to fall off his post to the bottom of the quarry, a distance of 70 feet, and to be killed [More information ...]

Groark, -, 12 Dec 1945, [details not known]

Laydon, Peter, 16 Jan 1911, aged 22, Quarryman, fell from a ledge and was killed [More information ...]

Mann, Richard, 24 Jun 1909, aged 40, Quarryman, Burnt by an explosion of gunpowder when pouring it into a hole which he had "cracked" some few minutes previously [More information ...]

McCullep, John, 09 Apr 1904, (accident: 08 Apr 1904), aged 49, Quarryman, fatally injured by a fall of stone on to his right leg from the side of the post near which he was working, owing to there being a thread or parting behind it, died the following day at Durham Hospital

McCutcheon, Hugh, 04 May 1900, aged 50, Quarryman, Compressed fracture of skull frontal bone by a blow from a stone thrown by a powder shot from post 60 yards away. Died same day.

McGowan, Farrel, 23 May 1907, aged 47, Quarryman, he was struck by a fall of stone from a back, and swept off the ledge on which he was working into the quarry bottom, Buried: Metal Bridge Cemetery [More information ...]

Mulligan, Patrick, 01 Sep 1951, aged 56, [details not known]

Robson, Henry, 06 Aug 1900, aged 28, Coal Hewer, While trespassing he fell over quarry edge to a post below, a distance of 90 feet. He was not employed at the quarry and to get to the top of the quarry had to cross a fence erected to protect it.

Roche, Michael, 04 Mar 1903, aged 26, Quarryman, in jumping back to escape a fall of baring whilst working on a post, he fell over into the quarry to the bottom, a distance of 128 feet, and was killed [More information ...]

Webb, John, 07 Oct 1905, aged 33, Quarryman, stone projected from a shot; skull fractured

Webb, John, 12 Aug 1913, aged 49, Quarryman, deceased and another workman went to work early in the morning to blast down a large quantity of limestone before the general body of the men arrived; everything was properly carried out and the charge fired; the men then ascended to the top of the quarry and went some 140 yards away along the edge of the face so that they might see the effect of the shot; when the charge, which was 48 lbs. of gunpowder in a vertical hole 13 feet 6 inches deep, exploded, a small stone was projected with great force and struck deceased upon the head, killing him instantly; the men could have obtained proper shelter in a cabin in the quarry, and in any case should have retired from the face edge