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

JJame 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. 1 A. and T. Burt (Limited), Dunedin Turret lathe Colin Campbell; 17 years 1st July, 1910 ; hand injured .. When working at the lathe Campbell turned to speak to another employee, when his right hand was caught in the belt, causing injury to the back of it. 1st July, 1910 ; hand and arm in- Martin was injured by the timber falling on him while engaged at jured the saw-bench at the mill. 4th July, 1910 ; hand injured .. When sawing a piece of timber Ryan's hand came in contact with the saw, causing the loss of the first and middle fingers of his left hand. 5th July, 1910; arm lost .. In attempting to free a belt that had slipped off the pulley, Reekie's arm was entangled in it and twisted round the shaft. His arm was torn off below the elbow. 8th July, 1910 : fingers injured .. Fail had his left fingers cut while working at the drilling-machine through carelessness in not holding on to the work he was drilling. 8th July. 1910; arm injured .. Burgess was reaching over instead of going round the machine, when the sleeve of his jacket caught in the spindle, and his right arm drawn round it. He sustained severe injuries to his arm, necessitating its amputation. 9th July. 1910 : thumb bruised .. Neave's thumb came under the knife of the planing-machine, and the injury to the thumb was so severe as to necessitate amputation. 9th July, 1910; face and arm The combustion-chamber door cf the machine accidentally opened. burned causing the flame to fly out, burning Barber's face and arm. 18th July, 1910 ; collar-bone and The piece of timber Auckram was sawing caught on the saw, when chest injured it was thrown back. It struck him, broke his collar-bone, and injured his chest. 1st August, 1910 : hand cut .. While sawing a piece of timber Feisenfeldt's hand slipped and came in contact with the saw. 2nd August, 1910; hand injured.. j Thomas's left hand came in contact with the knives of the machine. causing injury to four of the fingers, and also bruising his right hand. 11th August, 1910 ; arm fractured Brec was standing alongside the driller, and. through negligence, his sleeve caught on the spindle. His arm was pulled round the spindle and fractured. 11th August, 1910; finger injured While assisting to put belt on pulley Chapman's little finger of right hand was caught between belt and pulley and was crushed. 15th August, 1910 ; groin injured A piece of the timber Hamlin was sawing flew off, struck him, and injured his groin. 16th August, 1910 : arm fractured Hamill was engaged at the drilling when his sleeve was caught by the spindle. H is arm was drawn in and fractured. 17th August, 1910 ; arm bruised.. Stanton's sleeve was caught in the cogs of the machine, and his arm was severely bruised. 23rd August, 1910 : skull fractured Proven put his head between the fencing-rails protecting the loose pulley of the tube mill in order to screw down the cap of the grease-cup. The balance-weight on the inside rim of pulley struck him on the head, fracturing his skull. There was no necessity for him to put his head between the fencing-rails, as he could hare made the adjustment from the outside. Mount Radiant Sawmilling Company. Karamea Karamea Sawmilling Company, Karamea Sawmill James Martin : 30 years Sawmill J. H. Ryan; 26 years The Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited), Reefton Elevator David Leckie ; 23 years A. and T. Burt (Limited), Dunedin Drilling George Fail; 22 years Warnock Bros., Grey Lynn Centrifugal F. L. Burgess ; 17 years Otago Daily Times and Witness Company, Dunedin Stereotype William Neave ; 27 years Wilson's Portland Cement Company (Limited), Warkworth Greenwood and Whiteman, Akatarawa Pulverizing J . H. Barber; 28 years Sawmill G. B. Auckram ; 28 years W. Bates and Son, Christehurch Circular saw F. Feisenfeldt; 21 years Humphries Bros., Wellington Shaping W. A. Thomas ; 23 years George Fraser and Sons (Limited), Auckland Radial driller Oswald Bree ; 16 years Smart and Son, Sydenham .. ■ Stone-crushing John Chapman ; 28 years P. and D. Duncan (Limited),] Christchurch John K. Jameson, Invereargill Circular saw Drilling H. Hamlin ; 30 years Frank Hamill; 17 years C. B. Klime, Wellington Gold- milling Frank Stanton ; 15 years Waihi Gold-mining Company*( Limited), Waikino i Tube mill Cornelius Proven ; 43 years ..