MISHAP AT WINDMILL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21318, 20 October 1932, Page 10

MISHAP AT WINDMILL

MAN'S ARM INJURED i When repairing a windmill Mr. Robert David Andrews, a sharemilker employed by Mr. W. Thompson, Stewart Street, Opotiki, had a narrow escape from serious injury. Mr. Andrews was engaged with a youth at the foot of the windmill when a piece of the top platform fell and struck Mr. Andrews on the shoulder and arm, which were cut by wood splinters. It was found that a large splinter was embedded in the arm and efforts to remove it failed. Mr. Andrews was examined by Dr. Budd, who immediately took him to the Opotiki Hospital, where an operation was performed and the splinter removed. It had just grazed the main artery.