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Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Date of Accident. Nature of Injury. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. _l Colonial Sugar-refining Company (Li- Driving-gear mited), Auckland G. Ehrke; 32 years .. 31/10/17 Fingers injured Ehrke was filling an oil-cup near the spur-yvheels when he inadvertently placed his right hand on the wheels and had two fingers crushed. While engaged drilling the sleeve of coat was caught in the machine ; his right arm was drawn in and bruised. Anderson inadvertently put his left hand between the arm of a wheel and the guard and had his wrist severely crushed. Gates had his arm fractured through hay-ing it caught by the belt of the machine. Griggs was adjusting the belting on a small pulley, while in motion, yvith a piece of rope ; it somehow got entangled on the pulley and drew him on to it; he was carried round shafting several times and had his arm badly smashed and a leg injured. When putting belt on pulley a stud in the shaft-collar caught Stuart's shirt and dreyv him on to the shaft; he was taken round by it and received injuries to his back and his leg. Holgate was adjusting the gripper when he accidentally got his right arm caught in it and had it crushed. Vaughan slipped and his right hand came in contact yvith the saw, and he had it cut. When attempting to work machine McPhail placed her right hand under the die ; the machine started and took off the top of one of her fingers. Forbes' s fingers were drawn in to the rollers and were squeezed. Clarke was putting a belt on a moving pulley when it overlapped and broke ; the end of the belt was caught by the shaft, and the end of it with the fasteners on it struck him on the head and inflicted tyvo scalp-wounds. Pedlar's left hand slipped while he was planing a piece of timber ; it came into contact with the kniy-es of the machine and had four fingers severed. Through inattention Welsh had his arm crushed against the floor and cage. Alexander allowed the first finger of his left hand to come into contact with the endless knife, losing tip of finger. When reaching her machine the first and second fingers of Sorensen's left hand were caught in the wheel and the tips taken off. Through Thornton misplacing her right hand the wire stitch pierced the point of the forefinger and took the nail off. Kotara slipped yvhen working the machine ; his foot yvas caught by the cogs, causing injury to his heel. When working at saw Beaver accidentaUy drew- his hand across the saw and had his thumb cut. While working machine Irvine accidentally got her finger crushed by part of it. A. and T. Burt (Limited), Dunedin . . Drilling .. Chris Boddy; 17 years .. 5/11/17 Arm injured Roes and Glendining (Limited), Dunedin Carding .. .." John Anderson ; 50 years .. < /Tl/17 Wrist injured Kearsley Wool Scouring Company (Li- Woo! scouring mited), Onehunga Robert Holt and Sons, Napier .. Sawmill . . .. | H. Gates ; 20 years .. .. 7/11.17 Arm injured Jack Griggs; 16 years .. 12/11/17 Arm and leg injured . Back and leg injured • ' H. N. Stuart, 20 years .. 15/11/17 Murray Creek Gold-mining Company, : Ore crushing .. I Reefton J. Wilkie and Co., Dunedin .. .. Varnishing .. -j John Holgate ; 46 years .. 24/11/17 Arm injured Woolston Tanneries (Limited), Christ- Circular saw church Murray's Limited, Underwood .. [ Automatic press .. WiUiam Vaughan ; 30 years .. 26/11/17 Emily McPhail; 16 years .. I 26 11 17 Hand injured Finger injured i Aulsebrook and Co., Christchureh . . Staying Wilson's Portland Cement Company (Li- Crushing and grinding mited), Warkworth , _ Jean Forbes; 15 years .. 27/11/17 Ernest Clarke ; 30 years .. 28 11/17 Fingers injured Head injured George Poole and Sons, Invereargill .. Planing .. R. Pedlar; 17 years. . .. 30/11/ 17 Fingers lost C. H. Furness (Limited), Auckland . . Electric lift WiUiam Walsh ; 16 years .. j 4/12/17 Arm injured Ross and Glendining (Limited), Dunedin Cloth-cutting H. Alexander; 35 years .. 8/12/17 Finger injured Alexander Harvey 7 and Sons (Limited), Cannister trimmer.. Auckland Myrtle Sorenson ; 17 years .. 14/12/17 Fingers injured Phoenix Company (Limited), Dunedin . . Wire stitching Amy Thornton; 32 years .. 9/1/18 Finger injured Waihou Valley Dairy- Company, Te Aroha Dried milk West H. Grange, Newmarket .. .. Crosscut saw Paul Kotara ; 20 years .. 15/1/18 V. Beaver; 25 years .. 21/1/18 Foot injured Thumb injured Phcenix Company (Limited), Dunedin .. j Slotting Myrtle Irvine ; 16 years .. 29/1/18 Finger injured