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No. 7. —Return of Accidents (not Fatal) in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1896.

Name and Ad of Owners. -ess Description of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Nature of Accident. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Wellington Biscuit and Confectionery Company, Wellington Bowron Brothers, Wools ton J. C. Andrews, Waikuku Sugar - crushing plant Tannery Flax-mill Printing J. McMillan, aged 18 George Fraser, agea 16 W. Biel, aged 25 Hand crushed, and wrist dislocated Arm broken Arm crushed, afterwards amputated I George Fraser was employed at a sugarcrushing machine when he attempted to clean rolls while in motion, with the consequence that his nana was drawn in as far as wrist, crushing it and dislocating the wrist. He had no business doing this work with machine in motion. W. Biel, while engaged working a new setting-up machine, put his arm between a stay and the top of frame, and it being in motion at the time, snapped the arm. Mr. Croll remarks that the machine is a very safe one, and Biel in a thoughtless moment must have misjudged the clearance of that part of the machine in motion. J. McMillan was working at a scutcher in a flax-mill, when his arm was drawn into the opening and severely mangled. The machine had a safety mouthpiece fitted, but as his hand was too high it proved of little service just at that moment. He had hold of the hank by the middle instead of near the end. John Sherwood, while engaged feeding a printing machine, had one of his fingers slightly crushed. Pure accident. John Curtis was attending to seed-cleaning machine, when one of the elevatortrunks got choked. In order to clear away the obstruction he, while machine was in motion, foolishly put his hand in, when one of his fingers was crushed. Henry and Charles Marden (two brothers) were working in a flax-mill at the same scutcher when the runner went to pieces, parts of it striking both of them on the head and face. They had allowed the machine to run empty when the engine m at the same time the sudden change of nore care been exercised in the working of Lyttelton Times Company, Christchurch G.G. Stead, Christchurch John Sherwood, aged 14 One finger crushed One finger crushed Seed-cleaning.. John Curtis, aged 37 William Marden, Tinwald Fax-mill Henry and Charles Marden, aged 29 and 27 respectively Cuts on head and face got extra way or motion was too n machine, acciden Chaff-cutter .. l, and in putting luch for the mach it would not have G. P. Hoaten, aged about 45 two hanks of flax i dne. Had a little n happened. Hand cut off T. G. Hight, Ashburton G. P. Hoaten was engaged feeding a chaffcutter when his hand was caught by feed-rollers. Before the machine could be stopped his hand was chopped off by revolving-knife. Machine could not be further protected. ' James Moir was running a gig-shaft over a planer single-handed. When near the end the shaft turned over and pressed his hand upon the revolving-knife, taking off one of his fingers. Pure accident. Leslie Delageon was amusing himself during the dinner-hour, along with two other apprentices, by hanging on to the chain of a hand-crane, when one of them, to play the others a trick, let go the clutch of jib-lowering gear and the fining young Delageon. His right leg was ig the crane. Francis Greatrix was one of the hands on board the dredge, and, while watching some of the other employes repairing a winch on board, inadvertently placed his hand on the gearing, which at that time was not in motion. The winchman, not i the winch, when all the fingers and thumb James Moir, Christchurch Surface woodplaner James Moir, aged 30 One finger cut off A. and T. Burt, Dunedin Hand-crane .. Leslie Delageon, aged 17 Right leg broken Electric Golddredging Company, Bannockburn pawl out of wine broken close to tl Gold-dredge .. ling gear, and the le thigh. He had Francis Greatrix, aged 28 i jib came down, pir 1 no business handlit Fingers and thumb of left hand cut off. Onehunga Woollen Factory, Onehunga knowing of Grc of left hand wi Woollen-mill .. natrix's hand beinj ore cut off. Richard Fisher, aged 16 g on gearing, startec One finger of left hand crushed j Richard Fisher was employed at a card-ing-machine, when the third finger of left hand got crushed between two feedrolls. The nature of his employment did not require him to interfere with these rolls. He returned to his work within a week. Henry A. Jenkinson was on a lift in motion when he attempted to jump off. His back was caught between the cage and a floor-beam, and was badly bruised. He had no right to travel on goods-lift. G. J. Graham, Auckland Hyaraulic lift.. Henry A. Jenkinson, aged 40 Back severely crushed