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Return of Non-fatal Accidents in connection with Machinery, etc.— continued.

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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. The Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company Hosiery-knitting .. Annie Gibson ; 17 years .. 27/11/18 Head injured (Limited), Mosgiel The Leyiand-O'Brien Timber Company Sawmill . . .. William Crabb : 15 years .. 4/12/18 Hand injured (Limited), Auckland Dingle and Wilson. Wellington .. Electric lift .. Fred. Cresswell; 34 years .. 6/12/18 Arm injured The Phoenix Company (Limited). Dun- Dough-roller .. John Hurring; 17 years .. 9/12/18 Hand injured •edin The Windsor Manufacturing Company Tin-die press .. Ed. Sheffelheini: 24 years .. 16/12/18 Fingers injured (Limited), Wellington W. Crabtree and Sons. Wellington .. Lathe .. .. LP. Hastings; 20 years .. 13/1/19 Body injured Waller and Banks. Puni .. .. Threshing-machine Martin Wright : 17 years .. 13/1/19 Arm injured The Leyiand-O'Brien Timber Company Rip-saw .. .. Jack Burnett ; 17 years .. 17/1/19 Finger injured (Limited), Auckland The Phoenix Company (Limited), Dun- Caramel-roller .. Leonard Vial; 14 years .. 21/1/19 Finger injured edin The Phoenix Company (Limited), Dun- Notching.. .. Allan Laing; 15 years .. 24/1/19 Finger injured edin William Blaekie, Mosgiel .. .. i Circular saw .. Thomas Blaekie; 34 years .. 28/1/19 Thumb injured Andersons Limited, Christchurch .. Punching .. J. Jamieson; 30 years .. 4/2/19 Finger injured A. B. Wright and Son (Limited), Auck- Goods-lift .. I Frank Lovegrove ; 25 years .. 5/2/19 Arm injured land Aulsebrook and Co., Christchurch .. Biscuit-runners .. Hector Burt ; 13 years .. 12/2/19 Hands injured Petrotite Limited. Wellington .. Pajier-jiulper .. Ivan Bentley ; 18 years .. 12/2/19 Arm injured Andersons Limited. Christchurch .. Grinding .. C. Shann: 42 years .. .. 18/2/19 j Finger injured Aulsebrook and Co., Christchurch .. Electric lift .. Roy A. Heath ; 14 years .. 25/2/19 Foot injured The Leyiand-O'Brien Timber Company Crosscut saw .. Alfred O'Meara; 45 years .. 5/3/19 j Finger injured (Limited). Auckland T. C. Ray, Arapito .. . . .. Separator .. Catherine Ray; 42 years .. 7/3/19 Arm injured Mosgiel Woollen Factory Comjiany (Li- Drawing.. .. Amy McLeod: 20 years .. 7/3/19 Finger inj ured mited), Mosgiel The Phoenix Company (Limited). Dun- Biscuit .. .. Charles Simins ; 17 years .. 11/3/19 Finger injured edin .. j When leaning down to pick up something. Miss Gibson's hair was caught by the pulley-shaft and she had her head bruised. Crabb's right hand slipped off the finguard, and it came into contact with the saw and was cut. Cresswell was walking to the lift when it accidentally started. His right arm was caught between the frame and the lift, badly lacerating it. While rolling out dough Hurring allowed his left hand to be caught in the rollers and had it crushed. When working at the machine Sheffelheim's three fingers got under the stamp and were crushed. While engaged turning, Hastings's jacket was caught in the lathe. It drew him in and he had his shoulder and chest bruised Wright was feeding the machine when he jiut his left arm too far in. It was caught by the drum and was taken off at the elbow. The first finger of Burnett's left hand came into contact with the saw and was cut. Through misplacing his right hand Vial got the third finger bruised in the rollers of the machine. Laing accidentally got the point of the fourth finger of his right hand under the notches and had it taken off. .. I Blaekie's right thumb came into contact with the saw and was injured. Jamieson placed the first finger of his left hand under the punch and had it crushed. The protection-bar fitted to the lift-wall had been temporarily removed, and while Lovegrove was on the lift his left arm was crushed between the lift balance and the balance guard. Burt had just removed tray from the runner and put his hand on the travelling-chain. His hand was caught in the sjirocket, and in trying to release himself by lifting the chain his other hand was caught and both were badly squeezed. While putting paper into the mincer right hand was drawn into the machine and his arm was torn off at the elbow. Shann's right hand was caught by the machinery sujijilying water to the stone and a finger was injured. While riding on lift (against orders) Heath's left foot was caught between the floor of the lift and a joist and was badly bruised. When removing chip from the back of the saw O'Meara's third finger of his right hand touched the saw, and he lost the tip of it. Mrs. Ray was replacing the separator- belt when it got entangled. It drew her right hand on to the shaft, severely injuring it. Miss McLeod had the two fingers of her left hand crushed by the rollers. While attending to the machine the fourth finger of Simms's right hand was caught in the pushing-link and was Crushed.