Struck by plank which fell down a rise. Deceased sent this plank up the rise and lashed the rope once round instead of twice when near the top of the rise the rope slipped off the plank which fell on the deceased who was standing in the bottom of the rise. This accident was caused by his own negligence as it is against the rules to stand at the bottom of a rise while anything was being sent up
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