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Return of Fatal Accidents in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1918.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. . Name and Age of Person injured. >.amc and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. . Name and Age of Person injured. icc'dert Cause of Accident and Remarks. Date of Accident. l_ Ward, Clemenie, and Sanderson, Karaka Creek.. Berdan driven by Pelton W. J. Ward ; 44 years w-heel Parker- Lamb Timber Company (Limited), Auck- Sawmill .. .. W.J.Thomas; 23 vears.. land Waihi-Paeroa Gold-extraction Company (Limited), Friction-winch .. Peter Lynch ; 39 years Paeroa Tolaga Co-operative Dairy Company (Limited), Butter-worker .. L. Rangiuia; 19 years Tolaga BayMrs. E. F. Bloomfield, Winton .. .. Flax-mill .. .. J. J. Miller ; 43 years William Henry Hayman, Willowbridge .. Circular saw .. .. Wilham Henry Hayman ; 46 years Aulsebrook and Co., Christchureh .. .. Chocolate -mixer .. H. G. Parsons; 45 years Onehunga Sawmilling Company (Limited), One- Drag-saw .. .. A. R. Bartlett ; 33 years.. hunga Maekay Woodruff, Otangihaku .. .. Milking plant.. .. Ronald Evans ; 3 years .. Glen Oroua Co-operative Dairy Company (Li- Shafting .. .. W. J. Robertson ; 17 years mited). Glen Oroua. 18/4/17 Ward was changing tho belt when it caught his foot and pulled him on to the shaft; he was carried round until machinery was stopped; he then fell about 10 ft. to the ground, his right foot was badlymangled, and his hip was broken. He cbed about two hours later. 19/6/17 Thomas was repairing the sayvdust-creeper and adjusting a chain with the machine in motion; he was caught by it and thrown round the shaft face first; he received severe injuries consisting of a compound fracture and dislocation of both feet, wounds and abrasions on other parts of his body. He died six days after the accident. 11/9/17 While Lynch was working the winch, by some means his clothing was caught by the revolving shaft; he was rapidly drawn into the moving parts of the winch; his skull was crushed, his arm fractured, and had severe bruises on body, which caused his death. 17/9/17 Rangiuia was working at the churn and he slipped ; in trying to save himself he placed his hand on the rollers and was drawn into the machine; he received severe injuries to his arm, and he died two days after the accident. 5/10/17 Miller was repairing a belt when he was caught by the shafting;' it. wound Miller with it around the shafting; he was carried round the shaft and had severe injuries to the right leg, which was torn off, his back was broken, and his head fractured. He died twenty minutes after the accident. 30/10/17 Hayman was reheving a feeder at the saw-bench when a piece of timber feU on the saw; it flew back and struck him on the forehead and caused instantaneous death. 1/11/17 It seems that Parsons had been trying to empty the machine whilst in motion; his sleeve was caught in it, drawing his arm in, and he received such injuries to his shoulder and his head that his death occurred eight days after. 17/12/17 Bartlett was sawing a piece of timber which was warped; it accidentaUy caught the back of the saw and was torn off and flung backwards ; it struck deceased in the abdomen, causing such injuries that he died next day. 18/12/17 The child was in charge of a nurse-girl and was told to go out; he strayed away from the girl and must have come in contact with the revolving shaft: his pinafore became entangled in it and he was wound round; his head struck the floor causing his death. 25/1/18 Robertson was holding a loose belt which was used to drive a separator when by some means his right arm was caught in it and he was carried round the shafting ; his neck yvas broken, his right shoulder fractured, and his ankles were crushed to a pulp.