QUARRY FATALITY
MAN CRUSHED BY TRUCKS THE CORONER'S COMMENT [by telegraph—own correspondent] TE AWAMUTU. Friday The inquest into the death of Georgo Mackay, a quarry worker, who was crushed to death between a rake of metal trucks and the quarry crusher building at To Kawa on July 10, was resumed to-day by Mr. G. A. Empson, coroner, who found that the death was accidental, the immediate cause of death being internal hemorrhage of the lungs. The coroner commented on the small space (only six inches) between tho walls of the" crusher and the walls of tho trucks, whereas tho Coalmines Act required 15in. He thought provision should be made for a similar distance for quarries. It had not been proved that deceased was required to ride on the brake of the loaded trnck, but it seemed probable that ho did so, thus imperilling his life.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22166, 20 July 1935, Page 15
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