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No. 5. —Return of Accidents (not Fatal) in connection with Machinery— continued.

No. 6. —Return of Accidents which proved Fatal in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1906.

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fame and Address o: Owner. lescription o: Machinery. Name and Age of Persons injured. ;e and Nature oi Accident. !ause of Accidenl Remarks. i, am R. Hannah and Co. Sole-eutting press (Limited), Lambton Quay, Wellington C. MoFarlane; 30 year10th February, 190C : flesh wound thumb and forefinger left hand 13th February, 1906: top of first finger, right hand, pinched off McFarlane was working at the press, when his hand was caught by machine. Thomas Borthwiok and Duplex steamSons, Waitara pump Austin ■ Felix Dugdale; 44 years Dugdale was looking alter this steam-pump, and placed his hand too near the workingparts while in motion, and got his finger crushed. Furnace, while working the swing cut-off saw, slipped, and his finger came in contact with the saw. Harris, while working planingmachine, slipped, and his thumb came into oontact with the knives of machine. Higgs, while working planingmachine, allowed his hand to come too close to the knives of the machine. Russell's accident was caused through pulley-band catching the sleeve of his shirt and pulling his arm under. Bean, while attempting to remove belting whilst machine was in motion, got his fingers caught in machine. J. W. Easson and Co., Swing-saw Kilbirnie W. Furnace; 25 years 16th February, 1906: cut little finger of left hand, and had to get it amputated 22nd February, 1906; thumb nearly cut off C. E. Otley, 287 Madras Planing-machine Street, Christchurch A. Harris; 24 years Henry Brown and Co., Shaping-machine New Plymouth A. J. Higgs; 23 years 2nd March, 1906: cut forefinger first joint, will have to be amputated 6th March, 1906 : laoerated wound on arm, and bruise Whitcombe and Smith, Pump witB traSouthbrook velling-band to main shaft Alex. Russell ; 36 years F. G. Parsorison and Tin-crimping maSons, Retreat Road, chine Avonside H. E. Bean ; 27 years 20th March, 1906 : crushed finger

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Persons injured. Date and Nature of Accident. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Stewart Bros., Sandymount Flax-mill William Fyfe; 26 years ]4th Ap:il, 1905 : arm amputated Fyfe was engaged scutching fibre at this flax-mill. His hand must have got entangled in a hank of fibre, and his arm was drawn into the machine and mangled. Jones was crushed by the lift. No one saw the accident occur. It is supposed that he was standing on the lift when it was ascending and tried to get off. A belt had been removed from a pulley on the dredge and was resting loosely on the shaft driving the screen. Hosking went to get hold of this belt and somehow got entaugled in it. He was wound round the shaft, and was fearfully mangled. Cummins was engaged carting fibre to the mill, and happening to be in the scutching- shed for a few minutes, he snatched up a few hanks of flax, and by mistake tried to snatch a wet hank which drew his hand into the scutoher. Burn and was travelling on this goods-lift, against the notice which was posted up that no one was to travel on goods-lift. He evidently put his head outside framing of the oage on which he was travelling, and his head ooming in contact with a projecting beam crushed it, causing his death. A. Harvey and Sons, Albert Street, Auckland Goods-lift Benjamin Jones; 61 years 8th July, 1905: crushed in lift Rising Sun Gold-dredg-ing Company, Cromwell Dredging-plant John Towan Hosking ; 37 13th July, 1905: both legs broken off below the knees. Right arm almost torn off, and a few threads of flesh was all that were holding on the arm years H. Miles, Riverton Dry scutoher Thomas James Cummins ; 27 years 1st August, 1905 : arm taken off Wm. Thomas Burnand; 15 years 9th August, 1905 Wilson and Horton, Herald Offioe, Auckland Lift for goods ..