COMPENSATION CLAIMS.
DANGERS OF MINING.
OPERATIONS OF COMMISSION.
Which are; the most dangerous industries 'T If tlie statistics of' the Workers’ Compensation Commission are , a . guide niiniing is the most -risky occupation in which a man can engage in New South Wales (says, a Sydney pap|er). During 1926-27 the Conimission dealt with 8994 clams by miners, and awarded a total of £132,475. Metal a,nd machinery ind!ustn>es followed with 3131 cases, and £38,195 compensation ; ■ construction works, £2533’ cases, and £55,026 ; water transport,1622, and £22,668 ; agricultural and! pastoraf, £1399 and- £19,757.
The' total was 28,495, of whom 27,519 weiie males and 976 females. The Commission estimates tha ; t, taking into account the probable number of injuries compensated for outsidle the scope- of the Commission, the total would bfe, njearer. 60,000. The total amount of compensation paid was £421,938, of which £402,846, or 95.48 pe.n cent., wuts fn connection With injuries sustained! in the course of- employment, and £19,092, or 4.52 per cent., in respect of accidents happening on the journey to and from' work.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5306, 30 July 1928, Page 2
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172COMPENSATION CLAIMS. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5306, 30 July 1928, Page 2
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