A List of Odd Accidents

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1058, 23 August 1930, Page 18

A List of Odd Accidents

SI CCIDENTS suggest mo-tor-I cars, railway crossings, j airplanes, explosions, or 1 high-speed machinery. But a recent survey of ' the injuries listed in claims under workmen’s compensation insurance reveals that even the decorative daffodil, a timorous mouse, or the wind may mean months in a hospital for the victim. An elderly man engaged to run errands could not cope with a strong wind. He was blown against a railing and a leg severely injured. Some danger lurks in the current fashion—-a girl forgot she had placed a needle in the hem of her skirt. She struck a leg against a table. The needle «vas driven into the leg just above the knee. A spider iu a cellar bit a plumber.

A school principal handed a diploma to a girl graduate. With it he presented a bouquet of roses a relative had sent. A thorn pricked his finger and blood poisoning developed. He was incapacitated for several months, and the courts awarded him compen-. sation, holding that the injury was received in the course of his employment.

A bookkeeper turned his head suddenly and a pen in his hand pierced his nose. Infection developed* that brought on a fatal brain abscess. A delivery boy, who says that, in accordance with safety instructions, he waited for -the proper signal light before crossing a busy thoroughfare, alleges that as a result he was incapacitated by inhaling the fumes from passing automobiles.