| Date: | 1925 |
| Colliery: | Kirby Thore Quarry |
| Company: | |
| Cause: | By blasting |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | |
At Kirkby Thore Quarry, Cumberland, a quarryman was fatally injured by a piece of stone projected from a shot. To allow a round of shots to be fired in the quarry, deceased and others retired behind a high mound out of the line of fire to a place about 120 yds. from the shots. A piece of gypsum, projected at a high angle by one of the shots, struck deceased on the back of the head and fractured the base of his skull. Had proper shelters been provided and used this accident would not have occurred.
| Source: | 1925 Mines Inspectors Report |
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