LOADING OF SLINGS
WHARF LABOURER'S DEATH CORONER'S WORD OF WARNING (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Oct. 19. "I have no doubt that wharf labourers will take notice of this ' accident and will exercise judgment in the loading of small and large packages together. In fact, it is essential that they should do so," » said the coroner, Mr E. Gilbertson, returning a verdict of accidental death at the inquest on Donald M'Lennan, wharf labourer, aged 53, of Wellington, who received fatal injuries when a bale of paper fell on him from a sling he had loaded in the hold of the Karamea on October 13. The evidence regarding the soundness in the loading of the sling had been conflicting, Mr Gilbertson said, but he gathered that there had been an element of risk in loading small cases on top of a bale of paper. M'Lennan and his mate were experienced men, and doubtless considered the sling safe, but it seemed a case of familiarity breeding contempt. ' ____
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23327, 20 October 1937, Page 10
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