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Return of Accidents to Waterside Workers reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1913.

Date. Name of Person injured. Nature of Injury : Fatal or otherwise. Place where Accident occurred. Particulars as to Accident and its Cause, and Verdict of Jury if Inquest held. 1912. April 4 5 10 16 18 23 24 26 K. Ford . . P. Nelson R. D.raglas P. Docherty William Walker .. B. Green S. Grassam E. Southam John Anderson Injured leg and back Crushed finger Injured back Concussion of the brain Injured head and back Bodily injuries Bruised toe Crushed finger Broken thigh and wrist and other injuries Crushed foot Injured kidneys Sprained ankle Injured hand Split nose and wounded head Sprained ankle Injured back Injured back Injured hand General injuries Injured head Killed .. Crushed Injured finger Killed .. Twisted arm Injured foot Injured head and shoulder.. Sprained ankle .. Broken rib Scalp wound Fractured skull Bruised foot Bruised hip Injured back Crushed hand Poisoned finger Strained back Twisted leg Injured back a*hd hip Crushed finger .. ' Crushed finger .. .. Bruised back Injured hand .. Injured back Injured face Broken hand Bruised leg Injured arm Injured head Crushed finger Ruptured Greymouth Greymouth Port Chalmers Wellington Wellington Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Auckland He fell over a hand-truck. Had his finger jammed between piece of timber and hatch-coaming. Strained his back whilst dragging sling of cargo. Whilst trucking coal railway-truck struck trestle and knocked down the tramway. A sling carried away and the timber fell on him. Slipped in the bunker. Got his finger jammed between rope and capstan. Whilst removing hatch he fell down the hold. May 2 4 7 10 10 11 13 14 16 16 17 20 22 24 25 27 June 4 10 10 11 14 18 July 1 2 15 17 17 20 22 22 24 25 26 August 12 16 19 23 27 Sept. 2 4 ,. 9 J. E. Hill W. Daighton James McDonald .. F. Newfield Daniel Moar .. , I. S. Agnew William Barrow W. Bourne F. Gilmore R. G. Smith F. Dsvine Charles Thorpe Charles Olsen H. P. Hansen William Burton T. Saunders F. Gillard W. D miels W. Ellison H. Gardiner Thomas Forsyth .. John Carr W. J. Tillyshort .. George Wilson D. Pratt A. K. Phillips J. Loader W. Nielson Thomas Anderson .. I. H. Davis A. Nurose F. Cole .. J. Barron •W. Fearon J. Pickup W. G. Pile T. Saunders P. Magee H. Lsaeh William Williams .. C. Southam A. McCormick Auckland Napier Lyttelton Lyttelton Wellington Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Lyttelton Greymouth Wellington Wellington Greymouth Gisborne Greymouth Lyttelton Lyttelton Greymouth Lyttelton Wellington Wellington Greymouth Port Chalmers Wanganui Greymouth Lyttelton Lyttelton Greymouth Greymouth Lyttelton Lvttelton Wanganui Lyttelton Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Auckland Greymouth Lvttelton A fly-wheel fell on his foot. A falling case knocked him from truck on to wharf. He fell out of a railway-truck. A piece of timber fell from a sling and struck his hand. Got jammed between a truck and ship. He slipped on the deck. He slipped whilst carrying a gangway. Hurt his back whilst breaking out cargo in hold. Piece of coal struck his hand. Was struck by a piece of coal. A piece of timber fell on him. Crushed against shed door by three bales of flax. Was struck by a sling of cargo. Got his finger jammed between two pipes. A forequarter of beef fell from sling on to his head. He fell on the deck. A carcase of mutton fell off chute on to his foot. Some timber fell out of a truck and struck him. He fell out of a wagon on to the wharf. Whilst pulling a sack his hook slipped and struck his side. A piece of timber fell from a sling and struck his head. A sling of cement knocked him against the forecastle ladder. A piece of timber fell on his foot. A basket of coal fell off a truck and knocked him down. Struck by a sling of timber. Got his hand crushed between iron rails. Scratched his finger whilst receiving cargo and some dirt got in itStrained his back whilst traversing trucks. He slipped on the 'tween decks. A sling of cargo knocked him out of a truck. Whilst handling frozen pork. Whilst stowing cargo into a truck. A basket of coal struck him on chest and crushed him against a truck. Whilst handling a case a splinter ran into his handt He fell off a railway wagon. Was struck by a piece of timber. He slipped on the deck and fell. A sling of timber fell on him. He fell backwards over a barrow. Whilst landing baskets of coal planking was upset and he fell. Got his finger jammed by chain-screw. Got jammed bv a basket of coal.