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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. E. N. Nalder and Co. (Limited), Nelson Woodworking Ross Grace ; 17 years 1st November, 1913; fingers injured 6th November, 1913 ; finger injured Grace's left hand came into contact with the knives. Andrews and Beaven (Limited), Christchurch Murrays Limited, Invercargill Emery wheel Power press for squaring patent caps for milk-tins Weaving * .. F. C. Reynolds ; 26 years H. M. Robertson ; 18 years .. 6th November, 1913; thumb injured When grinding a piece of wire Reynolds's finger got between the wheel and the wire. Robertson put pressure on the treadle of the machine while his left thumb was under the punch. Oainaru Woollen Factory Company (Limited), Oamaru James Craig and Co. (Limited), Oamaru Rose Sprott; 25 years 12th November, 1913 ; face injured A shuttle in a loom worked by another weaver flew out and struck Sprott on the face below the eve. When planing a piece of timber Blyth's left hand came into contact with the knives. A piece of wood struck Prisk on the head, stunning him for a short time. MoMurdo, while wheeling some clay near the disintegrator, slipped and his foot got into the machine. While reaching over to put a belt on, Hedgins's loose sleeve was caught by the cog-wheels. The flesh of his left arm was badly cut and torn. When planing a piece of timber Elder's left hand came into contact with the knives. Bowden was wiping some dough from the cutters, which were in motion, when his fingers touched the knives. While attempting to take the pill-mass out of the machine while it wa-s in motion, the knives of the kneader caught Naylor's fingers. Corlett, while attending to his duties, got his hand between the connecting-rod and the guide-column. McQueen was trying to remove a defective blank from the machine when his thumb was caught by the machine. Ware's left thumb came into contact with shearing-iron. Planing David Blyth ; 35 years 20th November, 1913 ; fingers injured 2+th November, 1913 ; head injured James McAndrew and Co. (Limited), Paeroa Thomas Todd and Sons (Limited), Waikiwi Limestone Brick Company (Limited), Tainui Saw-bench Sydney Prisk ; 23 years Disintegrator for crushing clay Brick-making James McMurdo ; 21 years .. 25th November, 1913 ; foot injured Frank Hedgins ; 27 years 2.5th November, 1913 ; arm injured J. Pomeroy and Co., Hamilton Planing David Elder ; 35 years 29th November, 1913 ; finger~ injured 2nd December, 1913 ; fingers injure 1 3rd December, 1913 ; finger injured Aulsebrook and Co., Christehurch Biscuit-cutting A. H. P. Bowden; 19 years .. Kerapthorne, Prosser, and Co., Dunedin Pill-mass kneading Thomas Naylor ; 18 years Belvedere Dairy Company, Carterton .. Steam-engine Charles Corlett; 26 years 5th December, 1913 ; fingers injured Murrays Limited, Invercargill Body forming for making milk-tins Shearing Isaac McQueen ; 21 years 11th December, 1913; thumb injured 22nd December, 1913 ; thumb injured 3rd January, 1914 ; internally injured P. and D. Duncan (Limited), Christchuroh Fairbrother and Co., Timaru.. Woodworking William Ware ; 47 years Charles Aburn ; 37 years While putting on a belt with the aid of a piece of wood the wood was caught by the spokes of the pulley and struck Aburn in the abdomen, causing rupture of the bowels. While inserting a drill in the machine while it was in motion Stables got his left thumb caught. Dow wa< cleaning the lathe while it was in motion. The piece of timber King was sawing flew back and struck him, bruising his chest and face. Wood was cleaning the machine while it was in motion, when the second finger of his right hand was caught in the cogs. The belt of the water-pump slipped off, and in trying to replace it Hodge's right hand was caught in it, and he was drawn on to the -haft. While feeding strips of caramel into the machine, Thornton got the tip of little finger of her left hand injured between the pressor and one of the knives. A. and T. Burt (Limited), Dunedin .. Drilling A. W. Stables ; 20 years 5th January, 1914 ; thumb injured A. and T. Burt (Limited), Dunedin .. Leyland-O'Brien Timber Company (Limited), Auckland Wairarapa Daily Times, Mastorton Turning-lathe Circular saw Frank Dow ; 17 years John King ; 30 years 14th January, 1914 ; fingers injured loth January, 1914 ; chest and face jured 19th January, 1914 ; finger injured Printing .. T. ('. Wood ; 14 years Alton Cooperative Dairy Company (Limited), Alton Dairy factory F. Hodge : 20 years 22nd January, 1914 ; hand injured Aulsebrook and Co., Cliristcliurch Caramel-wrapping Edith Thornton ; 22 years .. 26th January, 1914 ; finger injured