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Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age ol Person injured. Date of Accident, and Nature of Injury. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. James McAndrew and Co. (Limited), Paeroa New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), Wellington Leonard Bros., Balclutha Woodworking .. Sydney Frisk ; 23 years Electric lift .. Edward Luttrell; 23 years .. 19th June, 1913; hand injured .. 23rd June, 1913 ; toe injured When working at a " buzzer " Priek'e hand slipped and came into contact witn tne knive: of the machine. Tlirougn the gate of the lift not being shut, Luttrell.- loot protruding over the edge of the cage, his toe was jammed between the lift and the floor. When feeding the machine a string of a sheaf caught McGuffog's and can- ed hi. left arm to be drawn into the machine. Tne arm had to be amputated. While working at the machine Mar. hall': hand was caught in it and crushed. Par&ons's hand was caught by the knives of the machine. Chaff-cutter .. John McGuffog ; 69 years 23rd June, 1913 ; arm lost -, Southern Cross Biscuit Company (Limited), VVanganui The Taupo Totara Timber Company (Limited), Newmarket Kauri Timber Company (Limited), Auckland Bassett and Co. (Limited),\Vanganui .. » Break biscuit factory Horace Marshall ; 1!) years .. Planing .. .. John Parsons ; 18 years 27th June, 1913; hand injured .. 2nd July, 1913 ; finger., injured . . .Moulding .. John Sim ; 22 years 3rd July, 1913 ; tinger lost Sim's right hand came into contact with the revolving knives. Sanding .. .. Alfred Sanders ; 17 years 7th July, 1913 ; ringer injured .. While feeding a sash into the machine Sanders's left hand was drawn into the rolls, and his finger- were crushed. Matthews was feeding the machine with his hand, instead of using a piece of wood, when his finger wore drawn in and crushed. Wilson's fingers of his right hand were caught in the handle of the machine. When working at the press Wastell'e right thumb got under the -tamp. While oiling a bearing on the overhead shafting Hourstons clothes were caught by the coupling-bolts of the shaft-coupling, and he wa wound round the shaft. When trying to place belt on pulley (without stopping machine) Bond's left thumb was entangled by a loose piece of rope, which had been wound round the countershaft. Sinclaire's thumb of his right hand came into contact with the saw. While standing near the lift-well Holloway was lowering the tailboard of cart when lie missed his footing and fell down the lift-well. While cleaning the machine, which was idle at the time, Davidson started it with the intention of wiping it as it revolved, with the result that the waste, he was using was drawn into the gearing, taking his thumb with it. When passing the engine West slipped on a piece of wood, and his ankle came into contact with the driving-belt. In attempting to put a belt on a pulley on the wrong side while in motion, the belting caught Nebon's clothes, and wound him round the shafting. When calling down the lift-well to a storcman, Shipton did not notice that tiie lift was descending. His head was jammed between the lift and closed gates at which he was standing. While hoisting sacks of grain with a rope round the shafting, a bight of the rope caught Cahill by the leg, hauling him on to the shaft R. E. Thome, Auckland Mincer .. .. Charles Matthews ; 'M years .. Kith July, 1913; fingers injured P. and D. Duncan (Limited), Christchurch Punching .. C. Wilson ; 16 years 17th July, 1913 ; fingers injured.. Alexander Harvey and Sons (Limited), Auckland The Momona Cooperative Dairy Factory Company, Momona Tin-tamping press H. Wassell; 17 years Shafting .. .. F. J. Hourston ; 30 years 24th July, 1913 ; thumb injured.. 26th July, 1913 j body injured .. Thompson and Hills, Auckland Canmaking .. \\. H. Bond ; 27 years 6th August, 1913 ; thumb lost .. James Craig and Co. (Limited), Oainaru Saw-bench .. Arthur Sinolaire ; 17 years .. 15th August, 1913; thumb injured H. E. Partidge and Co. (Limited), Auckland Hydraulic lift .. John Holloway ; 35 years 20th August, 1913 ; legs injured .. Cossens and Black (Limited), Dunedin Radial drill .. Thomas Davidson ; 14 years 2 1th August, 1913 ; thumb injured Thomas Epps, Ruatiti Portable engine .. George West ; 35 years 28th August, 1913 ; ankle injured.. Riverdale Co-operative Dairy Factory Company (Limited), Hawera Dairying .. George Nelson ; 28 years 12th September, 1913; sprained wrist and other injuries Kirkcaldie and Stains (Limited), Wellington Electric lift .. W. H. Shipton ; 28 years 13th September, 1913 ; head injured Gisborne Sheep Farmers' Frozen .Meat Company (Limited), Gisborne Grain-crusher .. Thomas Cahill; :fr> yean 16th September, 1913; arm and leg injured *