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No. 5.—Return of Accidents (not Fatal) in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ending the 31st March, 1906.

Name and Address of Owner. Description ol Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Date and Nature of Accident. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Henry Brown and Co., Inglewood Circular saw John Storring ; 42 years 4th February, 1905: Cut end off his thumb While he was pushing the timber towards the saw he inadvertently allowed his thumb to come in contact with the saw, losing the point of it. Green placed his hand under the guard which protects the cog-wheels of the mincingmachine. The cog-wheels drew in the fingers of left hand severely crushing them. Rouse accid<ntally allowed his hand to get entangled in the fibre while working at the scutcher. It was drawn in and severely torn. While Nelson was employed at the punching-machine, ho inadvertently placed his thum undt r punch and lost part of it. Through inattention, Kennedy allowed his fingers to touch the saw. Haltham was engaged grinding peas into m> al. The mill got choked through the peas being moist. Hnltbam stopped the engine and inserted his hand into the feed-box to clear mill b> fore the mill had properly come to a standstill, with the result that the feed rollers caught bin fingers and severely ciushed them. Thomson was working the machine carding flock which is thrown into a hopper. He had removed part of the covering over bade part of the machine, evidently out of curiosity. He then placed his hand into the machine, when it was caught. Part of the machine had to be cut to get his hand out. The removing of the covering was entirely contrary to orders. A wedge-shaped stone had got in along with the clay, which the rollers of the machiue refused to pass. Brown was told by the manager, who was about to stop the machine, to remove the stone, and, in getting into position to do so, placed his right haud on the edge of the opening above the rollers. His hand slipped while the wtignt of his body was on it, and went in between the rollers before they had stopped, severely crushing his fingers. Dixon, while working at the planing machine, allowed his hand to come in contact with the knives of machine, which damaged his fingers. Winder was in charge of a flock-making machine, and when removing an obstruction from the rollers his fingers were drawn into machine. In freeing a jammed tray by pulling on the chain of the carrier, the jamb suddenly giving, he got his fingers caught between the chain and the chain-wheel. Griffin and Sons (Li mited), Alton Street, Nelson Cake mincing - mac'-ine P. Green ; 19 5th April, 1905: crushed fingers of left hand years Arthur Devery, Otapiri Gorge Flax-scutcher William Rouse; 24 years 6th May, 1905 : hand torn off above the wrist W. T. Murray and Co., Underwood Dairyfactory, InvercargiU Power-press for out ends of tins John Nelson ; 16 years 6th May, 1905: lost part of his thumb Henry Brown and Co., New Plymouth Circular faw Morris Kennedy; 22 years Edward Haltham ; 36 years 17th May, 1905: cut fingers Neale and Hadrion, Vanguard Street, Nelson Grinding-mlll .. 25th May, 1905: crushed fingers . Plem : ng and Son, Hardy Street, Nelson C irding-machine Raymond Thomson; 15 13th June, 1905 : lacerated hand years Tiiteford and Co., Adelaide Road, Wellington Brickmakingmachine George Palmer Brown ; 34 years 13th June, 1905 : four fingers (f right hand crushed William Bates, 24 Lower High Street, Christchurch Plan ing-machine Miles Dixon ; 20 years 26th June, 1905 : small piece oft top of second finger; out third finger E. Ellis and Co., Main Road, Kaikorai PI ock • making machine Maxwell Wind e r s ; 17 10th July, 1905 : end of big finger cut; third aDd end of thumb slightly injured years Aulsebrook and Co., St. Asaph Street, Christchurch Starch- making machine Louis Ogden; 20 years 20th July, 1905: fingers of left hand bruised