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No. 5. —Return of Non-fatal Accidents in connection with Machinery— continued.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Date of Accident and Nature of Injury. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Butterworth Bros., Dunediu Hydraulic lift .. M. Page ; 14 years Oth May, 1908 : face and neck cut and bruised Page was looking down the well to see where the cage of lift was, when it decended from the floor above him, causing injuries to his head. Thorpe's hand slipped, and eame in contact with the Hunter Bros., Waitakerei Circular saw .. William Thorpe ; 35 years Turret lathe .. ' Alex. Aitken ; 20 years Oth May, 1908: fingers of left hand cut 7th May, 1008 : forefinger of right hand cut A. and T. Hurt (Limited), Dunediu W. Q. Bassett, Wanganui .1. B. Hendricksen, Wellington A. andT. Burt (Limited), Dunedin A. and T. Burt (Limited), Dunedin Circular saw .. Horace Toop j l(i years Planing .. J. E. Hendrieksen ; 41 years Turret lathe . . Mary Moore; 20 years I'm ret lathe . . Edmund Fail; 15 years llth May, 1908: four fingers severed 14th May, 1908 : tips of four fingers cut off l'Jth May, 1908: forefinger injured 22nd May, 1908 : head cut saw. While working the lathe, Aitken neglected to remove the hand-rest, and his ringer was caught between it and the work in the lathe. Toop's left hand came in contact with the saw through the timber slipping. When attempting to plane a short piece of wood the fingers of Hendrieksen's left hand came in contact with the knives of the machine. In cleaning the brass borings off lathe Moore touched the handle of the turret, bringing the drill in contact with her left forefinger. While cutting a brass tube in the lathe the tube bent up quickly, and struck Fail on the head. Nicol was sawing a piece of wood, and through inattention his finger eame in contact with the saw. Johnston was trying to push a belt off with his foot while the engine was slowing down, when he slipped and broke the small bone of his leg. When working at the machine Cotton turned around for an instant, when the first finger of his right hand was suddenly crushed in one of the moving parts of the machine. While working at the bench Teece's foot slipped, and the forefinger of his left hand came in contact with the W. Cable and Co., Wellington Circular saw .. A. Nioo] ; 45 22nd May, 1908: top of finger taken off years W. and J. Hunter, Mokoreta Flax-mill .. William .Johnston ; 33 years 3rd June, 1908: small bone of leg broken Blundell Bros. (Limited). Wellington I Printing-press .. Arthur Cotton ; 15 years 8th June, 1908: top of finger crushed Hewetson and Teeoe, Dovedale Circular saw .. C, T. Teece ; 31 years 10th June, 1908: forefinger injured, necessitating amputation at second joint llth June, 1908: thumb crushed R. Hannah and Co. (Limited), Wellington Cult ing-press .. George Carey ; 49 years saw. While working the press the leather slipped, and the top of ( larey's thumb was caught under the press. Varley, who was engine-driver, was standing behind the flywheel of the engine when the belt broke. One of the ends struck his head. Elstob was guiding a barrel through the hatchway in the floor as it was being hoisted. He kept his hand on the rope too long, getting his third finger pinched between rope and pulley. When working at the machine Milne's ringers were caught in the rollers.. Through the rebounding of the timber Kennedy was planing, two fingers of his left hand eame in contact with the knives of the planer. While sawing a piece of timber Chalmers's hand slipped, causing his thumb to come in contact with the saw. Woodham was wiping the head of the machine while it was in motion, and had part of fourth ringer of his right hand severed. Guy and Purnell, Apiti Sawmill .. I Herbert Valley ; 24 years llth June, 1908 : head bruised Aulsebrook and Co., Chrietchuroh Power press .. J. Elstob ; lti years 13th June, 1908 : finger - nail pulled out New Zealand Paper Mills (Limited), Mataura Paper-bag ma- J. Milne; 20 chine years Kith June, 1908: fingers crushed H. Bradner and Sous. Christchurch Planing .. Hugh Kennedy; 28 years 21st June, 1908: two fingers injured C. and W. Hayward, Dunediu Circular saw .. William Chal in cis; 23 years 22nd June, 1908: thumb cut P. and D. Duncan (Limited), Christchurch Shaping-machine James Woodh a m ; 40 25th June, 1908: finger severed years