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No. 7. —Return of Accidents (not Fatal) in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1895 — continued.

By Authority : Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9s.

Name and Address of Owners. Description of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Nature of Accident. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. William O'Bryan, Timaru Brickmaking, worked by steam George Palger, 19 years of age Right hand crushed Falgor was engaged removing pressed bricks from the press as they rose out of the die. Another of the employes ran a barrow against Falger's leg while he was in the act of removing a brick. He looked behind, forgetting the position of his hand, and the press on its return crushed his hand, which had to be amputated. This was purely accidental. Burnup was employed as fireman, and was cleaning the engine down while in motion; his hand was caught between crank and engine-frame, crushing three fingers, which had to be amputated. This was caused through Burnup's own fault, in attempting to clean that part of engine while in motion. Mehrtens was repairing a belt, and, in passing it down over the shaft, his arm was caught; no bones were broken. This accident appears to have been slight, and was caused through want of care on Mehrtens's part. Glover is a boy in the office who had been sent a message to this store. No one seeing him, he went on platform, and, leaning over a protection rail, gripped a belt hanging loose on shaft, which immediately wound on shaft, twisting his wrist. He is now quite recovered. Gourlay was employed as engineer on the dredge, and while oiling the rollers of the bucket-ladder on a dark night with the aid of a lamp the wind blew the lamp out, and in attempting to get down his hand was caught by the rollers and one finger broken and two crushed. This accident appears to have been purely accidental. Haslett was attempting to put a belt on pulley while the machinery was in motion. His hand was caught by a pulley and his arm twisted off below the elbow The accident was caused through Haslett's own fault, in not having the machinery stopped while putting a belt Harbour Board, Lyttelton Freezing-engine Thomas Burnup, 50 years of age Three fingers crushed Newman Anderson, Rangiora Dairy faotory, steam H. Mehrtens, 20 years of age Arm bruised G.G. Stead, Christchurch Seed-cleaning, steam E. Glover, 15 years of age Wrist twisted Dredge " Enterprise," Alexandra Gold dredge T. H. Gourlay, 38 years of age Middle finger broken and two others crushed, left hand Samuel Haslett, Winton Threshing mill for corn Thomas Haslett, 32 years of age Right hand torn off close to elbow William H. Shortt, Kihikihi Engine and chaff - outter W H. Shortt, 32 years of age Righthand crushed on. Shortt was attending to an engine and chaff-cutter. He reached in below the engine-crank to remove a bolt. His hand was caught by the crank and severely crushed. This was due to his own fault, in attempting to remove a bolt without stopping the engine. j Murphy was employed as tailman at a cir-cular-saw It appears that he reached over the saw to adjust a water-pipe, when the right hand was caught by the saw and severely lacerated. This was caused through his own fault, in attempting to do work which he was instructed not to do. Robert P. Gibbons, Thames River Saw-mill John Murphy, 20 years of age Right hand severely! lacerated