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MINE ACCIDENTS It is pleasing to note that during 1948 there were no fatalities and only one serious accident in or about metalliferous mines and dredges, at which 1,090 men were employed. The serious accident occurred on a dredge in the West Coast District, a dredge hand receiving a fractured wrist while working a hand winch, QUARRY ACCIDENTS A satisfactory result is filso shown for the year.with regard to quarry accidents. There were no fatalities and only two serious accidents in quarries, though 2,127 men were employed. In the Hauraki District a face worker while descending the face by means of a rope was struck on the elbow by a small piece of stone, lost his hold, and fell 10 ft., fracturing his thigh. He was wearing a safety-belt, which was detached for descent. In the Northern District an employee at a quarry, while installing a crusher, was pinned by the frame when it slipped, and sustained a compound fracture of the leg, a fractured pelvis, and spinal injuries.
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Cause of Accident. Number of Accidents. Number of Sufferers. Fatal. Serious. Killed. SeriouslyInjured. Fall from face Explosives Falls of ground Machinery Haulage Miscellaneous 1 1 1 i Totals 2 t \ 2
1 Northern. Hauraki. West Coast. Southern. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value, j Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Bentonite Clay for bricks, &c. Clay for pottery, &c. Diatomite Dolomite Euller's earth Limestone for cement Limestone for agriculture Limestone for industry Magnesite Phosphate Pumice Quartzite , Rock for harbour-works Sand, gravel, &c., for roads and ballast Sand, &c., for building aggregate Serpentine Silica sand Dimension stone for building .. . Stonedust for mines Totals Tons. 2,974 42 ' 68 246,586 331,285 23,282 6,863 979^840 232,931 38,217 14,113 £ 12j 865 4,397 91 '200 37,983 138,516 18,643 4^955 307^755 73,797 9,397 41,817 Tons. 624 2,875 i^ii9 '250 281,023 16,257 ' '50 4,462 865 lji20 116,565 10,921 '225 Tons. 1 j 850 595 6 j 912 38,017 6,409 540 "26 12j 040 ' '97 '740 £ 1 824 3,456 5 j 413 12,678 1,705 370 ' '26 1 j 948 "97 '370 Tons. 60 ,"§07 13,833 61 80 j 507 719,878 38,637 . 62 j 809 742,451 147,624 420 2,326 22,269 £ 11,051 52 25]058 321,395 7,845 181,872 56,786 1,050 2,807 34,155 1,970,298' 650,416 302,198 134,233 145,753 38,067 1,891,122 675,020 Number of men employed : Northern, 1,052; Hauraki, 233 ; West Coast, 111; Southern, 731.