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LIST OB" ACCIDENTS REPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1895-96. Auckland (25). —Two men employed in printing-office: slight injury to hands by being caught in platen-machine. Two men employed at railway workshops: one lost ends of first and second fingers of right hand through being caught in planing-machine; the other caught his foot in the rope of a step-ladder, and fell violently to the ground, injuring his left side. Six person employed at Kauri Timber Company's mills : a lad fourteen years slightly cut by a circular saw ; a man had slight injury by a flitch of timber falling on him ; a man had his finger broken by a flitch of timber falling on it; a lad slightly injured by coming in contact with a circular saw; a lad employed at buzz-planer got slightly hurt; a man got slightly cut whilst using a goose-saw; a man got slightly cut whilst using a circular saw. A man employed at a boot-factory got thumb smashed in the press. A lad employed at a box-factory got thumb slightly cut whilst using a circular saw. A lad employed at a biscuit-factory was slightly hurt with a dough-kneader. A man employed at a sawmill was slightly cut by a circular saw. A man employed at a sawmill: slightly injured through being jambed. A man employed at printing-office lost nail of forefinger in cog-wheel of machine. An apprentice at the Sugar-refining Company's works sustained simple fracture of leg by hydraulic lift. A man employed at a sawmill was slightly injured with a circular saw. A lad employed at a printing-office : slightly injured with cog-wheel of printing-machine. A lad employed at furniture-factory : slight injury to thumb by being cut with circular saw. A female machinist at boot-factory severely injured through finger being caught in driving-belt connecting machine; lost part of finger. A lad employed at furniture-factory : slight cut on finger with mitre-machine knife. A man employed at sawmill: slight injury to forefinger of right hand through being jammed with flitch of timber. A man employed as carver at a furniture-factory : slightly injured with mouldingmachine. A man employed at sawmill was slightly injured by a chip of wood striking him on the eye. Those accidents were ascertained to be of a purely accidental nature. Wellington (12). —Two men employed at the railway workshops : one cut his finger slightly in circular saw ; the other hurt his foot by a fall of iron, but returned to work immediately. Two apprentices at the railway workshops : one caught his thumb between the slide-rest and the drawing-carrier and lost the nail; the other, working at milling-machine, lost the end of the first finger of his left hand. A boy employed in the spinning department at the woollen-mill put his hand under the headstalk of mule (in motion) to lift a piece of iron from the floor when the carriage struck his arm ; the injury was slight. A girl at the woollen-mill crushed the thumb of her left hand in paull of spinning-mules ; she returned to work in a few days. An engineer in the matchfactory hurt his hand by the fall of a machme-knife which he was repairing. A lad in printingoffice severely squeezed three of his fingers in the printing-press ; returned to work in a fortnight. A man employed at a turning-lathe caught his fingers in the lathe. A boy assisting at a planingmachine lost the top of a finger. A lad employed in a cooperage got his arm cut by a splinter of wood from the saw. A man at a coach-factory was knocked down by a hatch-cover which had fallen from the ceiling ; returned to work in a few days. Ghristchurch (19). —Two men in railway workshops : one got slight wound to finger in airpump of oil-machine ; the other lacerated forefinger of left hand in milling-machine. Two men in engineering-shops : one cut the point of his thumb in a planing-machine ; the other received slight injuries in bolster of punching-machine. Two lads in engineering-shops: one fell on a skylight and was slightly injured ; the other burned both feet with molten metal. Two men in cycle-shops : one was slightly burned in a furnace-fire ; the other slightly bruised his wrist in belt. Two men in tanneries : one broke his arm by getting it caught in belt which he was cleaning ; the other broke his arm in machinery. One man employed in sawmill lost part of the forefinger of right hand, and the second finger was slightly cut, in circular saw. Three lads in sawmills : one chopped his knee with a hatchet, one cut hand in planing-machine, and the third caught his fingers in cog-wheels, receiving a slight injury. One lad in boot-factory crushed two fingers in rolling-machine. A girl employed in a boot-factory while engaged pulling down a window-blind had her hair caught in a shaft, her hair being loose ; returned to work in three weeks. One man in boot-factory got slight injury in skiving-machine. Two men at meat-freezing works : one, an engine-driver, fell on to the machinery and was killed by the engine-crank; the other man while driving truck was knocked down by the truck, which passed over his thigh and hip; he was not seriously hurt. One lad, a spinner at woollen-mill, crushed left foot in spinning-machine ; the injury was slight. Dunedin (18). —Two lads in match-factory : one crushed nail of finger in machinery in motion, the other cut tips of two fingers in screw-press. Two lads in paint-factories : one got foot crushed by fall of a barrel, the other burnt his arm; both slight injuries. A man at woollen-mill crushed little finger of left hand in spinning-jenny. A currier was slightly scalded by steam. Two men at the railway workshops: one, a grinder, was slightly injured; the other, a turner, cut thumb and forefinger in lathe. Three lads in engineer shop: two were playing with a 5-ton jib-crane against instructions ; one was killed, and the other got leg broken ; the third injured eye by flash of iron. A plumber fell off a scaffold; beyond shock to system and bruises was not injured. A blacksmith hurt thumb-nail of left hand by fall of a piece of iron. A fireman at paper-mill bruised back of his hand by knock from crank in steam-engine; slight injury. A boy in paper-mill crushed second finger of left hand in label-cutting machine. Two lads in biscuit-factories : one crushed thumb in biscuit-cutting machine ; the other crushed his hand. A lad at jam-factory lost part of three fingers in steam-press by accidentally setting cutter in motion. Foxton (1). —A man broke his left arm in scutching-machinery. Garterton (1). —An engine-driver at a sawmill lost his arm in the circular saw. Greymouth (1). —An apprentice in the Government Eailway Workships got his little finger of left hand crushed, which necessitated amputation. Timaru (3). —Two men employed in flour-mill fell off stack of flour: one receiving a severe shake and bruises, the other a depressed fracture of the frontal bone of the skull; the third man

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