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

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Name and Address of Description of Owner. Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Date of Accident and Nature of Injury. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Sargood, Son, and Ewen ] Skiver and split(Limited), Dunedin lift Goo. King ; 15 years Geo. King ; 15 years 19th July, 1900; thumb cut King put his right thumb on a rotary knife while working at the machine. While drilling a shaft Cathro slipped and his left hand was caught in the machine. Tn trying to put a belt on a a pulley with a piece of wood, the wood came in contact with a spoke of the pulley, rebounded, and hit McGuire on the chest. Farrow, when sawing a piece of timber, allowed his fingers to come into contact with the saw, two of his fingers being cut While Wright was working the tenoning-maohine two of the fingers of his right hand came in contact with tho knives of the machine. Through want of care, Swinncrton placed his right hand against the circular sawwhile it was in motion. While Page was grinding a castor it slipped out of his hand and jammed between the guard and the emerywheel, causing the latter to break, and a fragment of the emery-wheel struck him in the eye. Parker was boring at this machine, when the index -finger of his left hand was caught by a cutter of the machine. In working at the bench the back of Timblin's right hand came in contact with the saw. Through the slipping- of the boot Paine was trimming, his right index-finger came under the knife of the machine. When putting the meat througb the mincing-ma-chine Wood's left hand came too near the worm of the machine. He lost two joints from each of three fingers. Jones was leaning over liftwell to call an assistant below, when the descending lift struck him on the back of his head, cutting him severely. While working at the press, adjusting a leather on the bearers, Clark's left hand was caught by the rollers. Through Winton using too short a piece of timber in the planing-maehine two of the fingers of his left hand came in contact with the knives. Tbell was grinding the point of a rivet, which slipped and jammed the top of his thumb between the rest and the emery-wheel. Through inattention two of Hobson's fingers were drawn into the machine. While working at the machine Weeds' arm was drawn round the spindle of drillingmachine. When sawing timber, a piece caught on the saw while it was being passed back, striking Silcock and bruis. ing his chest, A. and T. Burt (Limited), Radial- twist Dunedin i drilling David Cathro ; 22 years David Cathro ; 22 years 27th July, 1909; hand cut Easson (Limited), Kil- j Wood-working birnie Con. McGuire ; 24 years Con. McGuire ; 24 years 3rd August, 1909 ; rib broken J. McAndrews and Co., Sash and door Paeroa factory W. E a r r o w ; 17 years W. E a r r o w ; 17 years 19th August, 1909; fingers cut New Zealand Express j Tenoning Company (Limited), Dunedin R o n a 1 d Wright; 20 years R o n a 1 d Wright; 20 years 24th August, 1909; fingers cut William Swinncrton, Wood-tuming .. Auckland Win. Swinnerton; 42 Wm. Swiunerton; 42 years 30th August, 1909; forefinger cut off years G. Page, and Sons, Nel- j Emery-wheel .. son Leonard Page ; 25 years Leonard Page ; 25 years 31st August, 1909 j eye injured . A. and T. Burt (Limited), Horizontal boring Dunedin Frank Parker ; 20 years Frank Parker ; 20 years 14th September, 1909 ; finger crushed Alliance Box Company ; Cross-cut saw .. (Limited), Dunedin David Timblin ; 28 years David Timblin ; 28 years 20th September, 1909; Hand cut Sargood, Son, and Ewen i Heel-trimmer .. (Limited), Dunedin Alfred Paine ; 21 years Alfred Paine ; 21 years 24th September, 1909; finger cut William Wolland, Wei- j Mincing lington Herbert Wood ; 24 years Herbert Wood ; 24 years 5th October, 1909; fingers amputated 0. and A. Odlin Timber Electric lift and Hardware Company (Limited), Wei- ; lington Frank Jones; | 40 years Frank Jones ; 40 years 14th October, 1909; head cut J. Wilkie and Co. (Li- Lithogra ph'ic mitcd), Dunedin press C. A. Clark; 41 years C. A. Clark; 41 years 14th October, 1909; thumb and forearm lacerated Mark Silverton, Dunedin Planing David Winton ; 29 years David Winton ; 29 years 19th October, 1909 ; lingers amputated W. Crabtree and Sons, Emery-wheel .. Wellington Edward Tbell ; 21 years Edward Tbell ; 21 years 20fh October, 1909; thumb crushed H. Brown and Co. (Li- Shaping mited), New Plymouth Thos. Hobson ; 45 years Thos. Hobson ; 45 years 23rd October, 1909 ; fingers crushed Southland Implement Drilling and Engineering Company, Invercargill Arthur Weeds ; 15 years Arthur Weeds ; 15 years 29th October, 1909 ; arm broken J. MoAndrow and Co., Sash and door Paeroa factory S. Silcock ; 28 years S. Silcock ; 28 years 29th October, 1909; chest injured