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

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Name and Address of Description of Owner. Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Date and Nature of Accident. Date and Nature of Accident. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. I I i Wilson Portland Cement Cement - mixing Company, Warkworth machine I E. W. Thorpe; 25 years 29th July, 1907; right leg bruised The belt had come off the pulley, and while . Thorpe was trying to get it on again the shaft turned and then stopped. He got his leg jammed through the pulley moving before he was ready. In putting the confectionery into the machine, Grenfell accidentally allowed her finger to come in contact with the knife attached to the machine. Havill, while feeding the machine, did not look at what be was doing, and let his hand come in contact with the cog-wheels. Guise put his finger through the connecting - rod strap when his assistant was turning the engine, when his finger was cut off. McNeill was sawing a thin board, feeding with his left hand. He allowed bis hand to slip off the board, and his thumb came in contact with the saw. Through Newell not putting the wood into saw squarely, it slipped and his finger came in contact with the Mary L. R. Grenfell; 15 30th July, 1907 : left thumb severely cut Atlas Biscuit and Con- Hand jap-cutter fectionery Company, Chris tchurch years J. Bett and Co. (Li- Power drillingmi t e d). Palmeteton machine North S. J. Havill; 15 years Thos. Guise; \ 28 years i 21st August, 1907 : second finger of right hand crushed; top joint had to be amputated 22nd August, 1907 : cut finger off at first joint H. F. Moss, Longwood Sawmill C. and W. Hayward, Circular saw Dunedin Chas. McNeill; 35 years i 27th August, 1907 : part of thumb of left hand severed Eli Oleal, Grey Lyna .. Circular saw Fred Newell; 17 years 30th August, 1907 : loss of little finger of right hand T. M. Lane and Sons, Oil-engine Auckland Alfred Fenton; 17 years i 10th September, 1907: laceration of wrist saw. When Fenton was starting the engine, he allowed his sleeve to be caught in gear which drives the governor. His wrist coming against the gear, it was severely lacerated. Parker got his finger into the groove of one of the cams of the machine, when it was bruised slightly. While Cox was working the machine, a small piece of the wood he was working chipped off and entered his eye. When Westbury was coming out of the pit, immediately under the printing-machine, his coat-sleeve caught in the cogs of the machine, and his arm was drawn in. A piece of the wood that Nolan was putting through the saw flew off and lodged in his hand. While Hunt was cleaning the machine while it was in motion, a piece of cotton-waste he was using caught in the revolving wheel and drew his finger into the cogs. Brown carelessly put his hand under the press while working it. While Stewart was pushing back some loose starch into the trough, he got his finger caught between the sprocket and chain of the traycarrier. He should have stopped the machine before doing what he did. The'sleeve of the jacket Robinson was wearing caught in the socket-screw, which is used for keeping the drill in the socket-holder, and drew his arm round the spindle of the machine. Kempthorne, Prosser. Tablet-machine ana Co., Dunedin W. E. Parker; 17 years C. Cox; 32 years J lth September, 1907: slight cut and bruise to forefinger of right hand 18th September, 1907: splinter of wood in left eye Scoullar and Co. (Li- Spindle-machine mited), Wellington The Wellington Publish- Printing-machine ing Company. Wellington W. Westbury ; 40 years 26th September, 1907: flesh stripped off arm Waitemata Sawmill Lath-mill Company, Auckland E. Nolan ; 30 years 27th September, 1907: splinter of wood in hand Northern Boot and Shoe Press in bootManufacturing Com- factory pany, Auckland Samuel Hunt; 16 years 12th October, 1907 : crushed little finger of left hand ; had to be amputated Neill and Frame, Dun- Cutting-press .. edin R. Brown ; 15 years 15th October, 1907 : hand braised Aulsebrook and Co., i Starch-buck Christchnrch W. Stewart; 17 years 17th October, 1907 : nail and tip of second finger, right hand, torn off W. Crabtree and Sons, Drilling-machine Wellington E. W. Robinson; 18 years 19th October, 1907 : arm broken