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Accidents in Factories, etc., reported during the Year 1906-7 — continued.

Trade or Industry. Locality. I § a rH Nature of Injury. Cause. Wellington 1 ;nd ■kt: iial Distbict — continued. Sutter-manuiacturing— Labourer 'oopering, &c. — Various loacbbuilding, wheelwrighting, blacksmithing— Wheelwright Blacksmith Apprentice blacksmith Car-builder Various ilothing-manufacturing— Machinist Presser Apprentice Wool-comber Wellington .. 1 Face and hands soalded Boiling water splashed over him. . •. 2 Slight cuts andjoruises. Hastings Masterton .. Wellington .. 1 1 1 1 9 Sprained leg Poisoned arm Hand badly out Two fingers crushed .. Slight cuts, bruises, &c. Slipped on stairs. Piece of steel embedded in it. Caught on circular saw. Crushed underneath jack. Napier Wellington .. 1 1 1 1 Sprained ankle Two fingers crushed .. Leg badly bruised Hand badly pierced .. Caught in belting. Caught in lift. Caught in pins of oombingmachine. Various 'arpentering, sash and door making, &o.— Joiner 5 Slight cuts, bruises, &c. Caught in mitreing-maohine. Caught in circular saw. Wellington .. Lower Hutt Wellington .. Lost part of thumb Lost forefinger Lost part of thumb Lost part of two fingers j Lost three fingers Two fingers badly cut.. Lost part of finger Lost part of thumb Hand severely crushed Arm broken Slight cuts, bruises, &c. Sawyer Machinist Apprentice joiner Bench hand Apprentice Joiner Apprentice Machinist Various furnii uremaking— Cabinetmaker (foreman) Palmerston N. Masterton .. Palmerston N. Wellington .. Napier Caught in planing-maohine. Caught in mitreing-machine. Caught in machine. Belting broke. Napier Masterton .. Wellington .. Hand severely cut Lost finger Hand badly torn .. I Lost three fingers Lo>t one finger Two fingers badly cut Hand severely cut Chisel slipped. Caught in planing-machine. Caught in shapiug-machine. Caught in planing-machine. Turner Machinist Upholsterer Machinist .. Cabinetmaker Various .ngineering— Machinist .. Apprentice Assistant moulder Labourer Caught in circular saw. Caught in combing-machine. Caught in grooving-maohine. Chisel slipped. Slight cuts, bruises, &c. Palmerston N. Napier Wellington .. Lost part of thumb .. Severe injury to leg .. Crushed fingers Knee badly cut Thumb crushed Face badly burned Hand crushed Caught on emery wheel. Piece of steel embedded in it. Caught on edge of moulding-box. Moulder Boilermaker Apprentice .. 27 Crushed foot Crushed fingers Hand split open Hand poisoned Slight cuts, bruises, &o. Iron plate fell on it. Molten metal splashed on it. Caught while putting tubes in boiler. Caught near driving-wheel. Caught on end of boiler-tube. Splinter flew from hammer. Scraped on casting. _ • • • • •. Blacksmith Apprentice Various lax-milling— General hand Stripper Flyboy |_our-milling— Carter Manager Labourer Card-tender .aundry-work— Stareher Ironer leat preserving, freezing, &c— Butcher Apprentice Blacksmith Carpenter General hand Stoker Tinsmith Fireman Slaughterman Tinsmith Labourer Rongotea .. Martinborough Levin Feilding Patea Shannon Foxton Wellington .. Severe injuries Lost two fingers Arm badly broken Collarbone broken Arm dislocated Fingers severely cut .. Hand badly crushed .. Bruised hand Fell off load of flax. Caught in strippor. Carried round shafting. Crushed by horse. Caught on shafting. Fell off planking. Caught in carding-machine. Caught in wheel. Caught in dressing-maohine. Wellington .. Hand badly torn Arm crushed.. Eye badly injured Leg broken Skull fraetured Arms and neok scorched Lost part of two fingers Hand severely crushed Wrist badly out Lost part of finger Foot scalded Broken ribs and collarbone Slight cuts .. Caught on meat-hook. Caught in branding machine. Chip of steel flew into it. Knocked down by a horse. Fell through hatchway. Blow out from furnaoe. Caught in guillotine. Caught on piston-rod of engine. Knife slipped. Caught in power-press. Boiling water fell on it. Gas engine slipped. Petone Wellington .. Longburn .. Patea Longburn .. Patea Petone' Ngahauranga . 1 .