WORKER STRANGLED

Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1930, Page 3

WORKER STRANGLED

‘SCARF CAUGHT IN' MA'diTNERY,

(By Telegraph—Press Association) b 1 iji U-AUCKLAND, f[ept. 3.-*~A-~ver4iot -of- -aecideiital—death, 1>; 'Strangnlatiou, was returned by M) Huht,"B.Al.7 at tlie inquest into til* -■wfe-- : was'Ttilied ivhiie whfking' at' tin ...■AuHffkland.. Farmers’ Freezing. Coy’if store' oh the King’s Wharf.

-y-J.-W, Wheatley, one of the Comjpjauy’h. eiigibeers, said that at thi time of his death the deceased, win wap a greaser and odd job man, was engaged in whitewashing the walls o' the pump house. He started worl two days prior to the accident, am wp,uld Ibe.’•by himself part of .the time de.ad,-. shortly : after 12.31 ~.'Kreeiiv was, lyi*ng : ,over .the rails M a platfonp-with/a scarf li< 'was'wearing wrapped twice, round lit neck, and also twisted round the ro tating shaft of a machine. The desopiEJSjjd l>ad; apparently, d)eeil :-standinf Wjfihe,- macjiine ‘.platfofm,; wllacli' had ;i]b'ee,n- moved yfrom ass nornul'l },.] position to facilitate the -ayhitewashing, work Wheatley said he considered that the deceased had been most unwise tc wear a scarf near the machinery. Had witness noticed the scarf, he would have ordered its removal. Breen wns warned to keep away from the runI nJhg dm.aphine.ry while , Whitewashing. .JGj -liockie, Inspector of Machinery, said that lie did not consiaei that the position of the platform would be dangerous for a. greaser wmwas" iisect To revolving niacliinery, although it certainly would be dangerous fpr a painter. “Tt is only by these accidents tlial we learn what protection to make ir future,” said the! Coj-pper, hi, returning J a' verdict that the deceased wa‘ accidentally . strangled .by . the neckcloth -he 'Vap' wea Hh g catclii ng'in un - protected shafting.