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No. 5.—Return of Accidents (not Fatal) in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ending the 31st March, 1907.

ame and Address oi Owner. )escription oi Machinery. s T anie and Age oi Person injured. ;e aud Nature o] Accident. )anse of Accident, an< Beuiarks. I I W. Cable and Co., Waterloo Quay, Wellington G. D. Wilson and Co., K. u iu a r a Railwaystation Steam-engine .. Portable engine and boiler H. Anderson ; 29 years Jos. Wm. Baty; 25 years 3rd April, 1906: too j Anderson was employed as jambed engine-driver to attend to the engine and boiler. While he was engaged oiling the engine he inadvertently placed his foot on the enginebed close to the crank. When the crank came round it caught his toe. 5th April, 1906 : two ISatty was employed as engineseritms wounds on driver at this mill. His inthe scalp, and was ; juries were caused through severely burned the bursting of the boiler, about the body and which was of the locomotive chest type. Several of the small water - space stays broke which supported the inner and outer shells of fire-box. This threw a greater strain on the remaining stays, causing the plate to bulge. I This bulging shortened the length of plate, and caused the plate to fracture at bottom of firebox through the extra strain placed on the rivets through the shortening of the plate. 11th April, 1906 : Atkinson started the machine broken arm while he was engaged cleaning it. He had a cloth in his hand which got entangled in the machinery, and drew his arm round the shaft, causing the injury to his C. M. Banks and Co., 'I' h o r n d o n Quay, Wellington Sewing-machine ilarry Atkins o n ; 14 years l<Mwci7-d Collie, 41 Riddiford Street, Wellington South Surface-planer .. Henry Welshford; 35 years arm. 12th April, 1906 : lost Welshford was planing a small three fingers off left . piece of oak, when by some hand means it lifted up at the back end. Through this his lingers came into contact with the knives of the machine, causing the injury to his left hand. 19th April, 1906 : loss Inns allowed his hand to slip of a portion of each on to the cutters whilst enfinger of right hand gaged feeding the machine. 24th April, 1906: hand Eicknoff was employed at the badly cut circular saw, and while passing the timber through ,- allowed his hand to be drawn on to the saw, and got it badly cut. 24th April, 1906 : frac- ; The . stud which holds the ture of ligaments of driving-pin in the wheel knee-joint broke, thus allowing the pin to come out of the wheel. The traction-engine at the time was going down an incline. The engine took charge after the pin came out, and, running up the side of a bank, capsized, and caused the injury to Smart. 8th May, 1906: cut I The box which covers the his hand off at the i knives of the chaff-cutter by wrist some means got loose, and I flew off. Killgariff put his hands up to protect himself, and in doing so one of his hands came into contact with the revolving knife, severing his hand at the wrist. 8th May, 1906: finger The girl working the machine jambed next to Haining had a shirt lying loosely on her table. Haining, noticing this, attempted to push it under the rollers of the machino with her fingers, when her fingers were taken into the rolls. Henry Berry, 332 St. Asaph Street, Christchurch W. Strange and Co., Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch Hand planer and jointer Frank Inns; 17 years Circular saw Alex. Eickhoff; 40 years Smart Bros., Maxwell Road, Blenheim Traction road-en-gine P. E. Smart; 33 years Morrison Bros., Blairlogie, Masterton Jno. Killgaritf ; 27 years Chaff-cutter Philip Wills, Hanson Street, Wellington Shirt and collar ironer Elizabeth Haining ; 22 years