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

Name and Address of Description of , Name and Age of Owner. Machinery. Person injured. Date of Accident and Cause of Accident, and Nature of Injury. Eemarks. I 8i A buffi and SonS) Rotary morticing I John Garland ; Dunedin 23 years ■ 4th January, 1910 ; Garland's left hand came into thumb broken and contact with the cutters of cut machine while he was attending to it. 4th January, 1910; Bowles was feeling a bearing of thumb crushed the engine to see if it was hot, when his thumb was crushed between the bearing and the shaft. 10th January, 1910 ; Pithie was putting the cogfinger crushed wheels into gear, when the middle linger of his right hand was caught in them. 11th .January, 191.0; While adjusting pressure-board fingers injured on the moulder, Morris' hand slipped and was caught by the knives of the machine, two of his fingers being torn away anil two lacerated. 15th January, 1910 ; When turning over a piece of finger crushed timber on the bench Nixon slipped and his finger was crushed. 17th January, 1910 ; i Lynch was putting a belt on arm and body the shaft-pulley, when his bruised clothes caught in a key of the pulley, anil Ids arm was drawn in between the belt and the pulley. 19th January, 1910 ; Wilson's arm was struck by top of first linger a piece of timber while cut off he was working at the saw, causing his hand to come into contact with tire Easson (Limited), Kil- Sash and door George Bowles; birnie factory 30 years Kempt-homo, Prosser, Pill-piping .. H. S. Pithie; and Co. (Limited), 40 years Dunedin James McAndrew and Moulding .. H. Morris; 19 Co., Paeroa years James McAndrew and Sash and door Robert Nixon; Co., Paeroa factory 59 years James MoLellan, Otaki Separator .. J. Lynch; 27 years Onehunga Sawmilling Swing-goose saw S. ,1. F. Wilson ; Company, Onehunga 17 years A. and T. Burt (Limited), Turret lathe .. Colin Cargill; Dunedin 16 years saw.' 21st January, 1910; Car-gill's left thumb was caught thumb-nail crushed between the rest and the lathe. 21st January, 1910; While working at the planer tip of first finger Oliver's hand came in concut off tact with the knives of the machine. 5th February, 1910 ; I Thompson was putting the belt head and limbs on the pulley while the mabruised chinery was in motion. Disarm got caught in the licit, and he was taken round tinshaft. 8th February, 1910; ! Overall was sawing a piece of thumb and finger | timber with the swing saw, cut when his hand came into contact with the saw, causing injury to the thumb and two fingers. 15th February, 1910 ; ; While working at the machine nail torn oil Patey's finger was caught in the rolls. Kith February, 1.910; While employed at a lathe finger crushed Sullivan's finger was caught in the moving gear, crushing the end of one finger of right hand. 25th February, 1910 ; Whilst working at a lathe a lip cut piece of wood flew out, striking Fowke on the face, cutting his lip. 2nd March, 1910; While Innes was using a arm and leg scalded wrench on the blow-off cock, the plug of the cock blew out through the thread of the bolts being stripped, the steam scalding his arm and leg. 3rd March, 1910; Stevens was shifting rolls of linger lacerated paper on the machine. Airother employee, who was holding an iron lever, accidentally struck Stevens on the finger with the lever, lacerating the third finger I of his right hand. J. Rett and Co. (Li- Planer .. Cordon Oliver; mited), Palmerston N. 15 years iS. Luke and Co. (Li- Screwing .. F. Thompson; mited), Wellington 19 years f J. McAndrew and Co., Swing saw .. 0. Overall; 35 Paeroa years A. and T. Burt (Limited), Plate-roller .. C. Patey ; 20 Dunedin years Robertson and Co. (Li- Lathe .. W. Sullivan; mited), Wellington 22 years P. and D. Duncan (Li- Lathe . . L. Fowke; 18 mited), Christchurch years J. and W. Jamieson (Li- \ Pile-driving winch J. limes; 2(i mited), Auckland years ! New Zealand Paper Mills i Paper-making... C.H.Stevens; (Limited), Mataura 15 years