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No. 6.—Return of Fatal Accidents in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1912.

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. New Zealand Express Company (Limited), Auckland James Stephen, Stavely Smith and Caughey (Limited), Auckland Wilson's Portland Cement Company (Limited), Auckland John McLean and Sons (Limited), Bealey Plat Dispatch Foundry Company (Limited), Greymouth H. S. Dadley, Auckland John McLean and Sons (Limited), Otira 1 ! Hydraulic lift .. ' Colin Charles Clark ; 26 years 3rd April, 1911 ; crushed .. It is presumed that Clark missed his footing and fell down the well of the lift. While falling he must have clutched the ropes attached to the cage, causing the cage to come down on top of him, and crushing him. Water-wheel .. j James Stephen : 60 years .. ; 22nd April, 1911 ; head crushed .. While cleaning out the trench under the wheel Stephen's clothes were caught by the flexible coupling which drew him round the shaft, causing the injuries to his head and chest. Electric lift .. j William Henry Brewer; 15 years j 1st May, 1911; neck broken .. Brewer knelt on the floor to look down the lift-well when the cage of lift came down, caught his head, and broke his neck. Shell-washing .. j Frederick Gallagher ; 42 years ' 31st May, 1911 ; legs injured .. While Gallagher was walking alongside the machine in motion he slipped and fell into it. Both legs were caught by the spiral conveyor, and so injured as to cause his death. 3 - throw electric- Steven Wood ; 23 years .. j 22nd June, 1911 ; arm crushed .. Wood was attending to the brushes of the electric motor when driven pump his overcoat got entangled in the gearing of the pump and pulled him over. In falling his left arm got into the gearing, and was crushed from the elbow to the wrist. He died nineteen days after the accident from nervous exhaustion. Overhead crane .. 1 A. Ellison ; 19 years . . 6th July, 1911 ; crushed .. Ellison was drilling holes in the rails which carried the crane, and failed to notice the crane approaching him. The crane pinned him against the drilling-post he was using, and killed him instantly. Hydra idic lift .. j Douglas Manttan ; 26 years .. 9th August, 1911 ; crushed .. When, using the lift on the first floor Manttan neglected to close the sliding door which protects the lift-well. While assistmg to load the goods on a dray, some one had raised the cage of the lift to another floor landing. The deceased, thinking the cage of the lift was still where he had left it, stepped back and fell down the lift-well, causing such injuries that he died a few days later. Electric locomotive Frank Cuthbert; 35 years .. 22nd August, 191 1 ; body crushed Cuthbert was driving the electric locomotive with the trollv-polc turned the wrong way, and when going down the hill the pole came off ; he caught the pole with one hand and put the brake on with the other. He afterwards let go the brake and caught hold of the pole with both hands. The pole, however, slewed round, struck the concrete-mixer, broke, and swinging round caught Cuthbert across the chest and pinned him against the motor, and crushed him. He died from shock. Flax-mill .. Prank Healy ; 31 years . . 2nd September, 1911 ; crushed .. Healy was repairing the belt of the scutcher when bv some means the engine started. His clothing was caught by the belting, and he was dragged around the shafting, striking the platform with great violence. He died half an hour after the accident. Drag saw .. Papa Huru Titore ; 19 ears .. 19th October, 1911 ; abdomen in- While sawing a piece of timber it flew over the saw and struck jured Titore in the abdomen, injuring him severely. His death occurred two days after the accident. Stone-crusher .. William Parsons ; 16 years .. 1st November, 1911; skull frac- Parsons was oiling the crank-shaft bearing when the loose end of tured his coat was caught by the revolving shaft. His skull was fractured, and he received other injuries so serious that death ensued a few hours after the accident. Pulley on main shaft William Lurch ; 22 years .. 13th November, 1911 ;j crushed .. Lurch was putting the belt on the pulley when his shirt-sleeve was caught between the belt and the pulley, drawing him round the shaft several times before the engine could be stopped. He died shortly after the accident. Sawmill .. .. John Minson ; 45 years .. 20th November, 1911; skull frac- Minson was struck on the head 03' the belt-fastener of a revolving tured belt, which fractured his skull. Death ensued four days after the accident. Gold-dredge .. George Roberts ; 53 years .. 18th March, 1912 ; crushed .. Roberts was examining one of the bearings on the elevator-shaft when by some means his clothing was caught by the shaft. He was carried round by the shaft, and received such injuries as to cause his death. Harold Jarvis, Rongotea Kauri Timber Company (Limited), Kohukohu Oates Bros., Green Hills Aulesbrook and Co., Christchurch L. Zala, The Forks Smeaton's Dredging 3Syndicate, Reefton