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REPORTS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
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2, EMPLOYERS LIABILITY COMMISSION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
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1912
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The following is a Summary of the Causes of Accidents,
together with full Statements of Fatal Accidents Prepared
by the Employers' Liability Commission from the Reports
submitted to the Department of Labor during the Fiscal
Year ending October Thirty-first, Nineteen Hundred and
Twelve.
A.
Adze, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Agitator, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Automatic machines, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Automobiles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 I
Fatals—Crushed by automobile against wall of factory,
resulting in death.
Man seated in loaded auto truck stepped off truck, di-
rectly in path of touring car.
Axe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '• • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I8
B.
Back washer—worsted mill, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . } • * * * * * * * * * * * * I
Back-grinding machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Fatal—It is not known how the man got into the bark-
grinding mill, in which he was found dead.
Bars—On machine catching hold, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
bars slipping, such as are used on coal cars, . . . . . . 3
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Belts—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8O
Fatals—Attempting to put belt on pulley while shafting
was in motion, deceased was caught in a loose belt,
whirling him around shafting, causing injuries result-
ing in death.
Caught in belt on shaft, man must have climbed up
to where he got caught, for reason unknown.
Injured man, for reason unknown, got upon pier and
was caught by belt or shaft and killed.
belt hook, . . . . . . . . . . . . . , tº ſº e º e 4 & © tº e º e i e º e º e g º º I
belt clamp, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
idle belt, . . . . . . . ... • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * e º e e 2
4
Fatal—Running down centre aisle, man ran into an idle
belt, pulling it over two other pulleys, causing it to
wind around shaft, the loop end having him around
waist and taking him over the shaft. -
& Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bending machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bicycle, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Biscuit breaker, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . •
Block hole machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . ! • * ~ | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . . . . .
Block, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
and tackle, . . . . . . . . . . . e - e s e e s e e s - e s a e s e e e s ∈ e º e 7
Snatch block, . . . . . . . . . e e s e º e s e º s e e s s a e e . . . . . I
- Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blower pipe, . . . . . . . . • * * * * * # * * * * * ... • e : * * : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . .
Boards—loose, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bobbin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bobbin winding machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . .
Boilers—feed pump boilers, . . . . . . . e • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Boiler setting, . . . . . . . . ! • * * * * * * - - - • - - - - - , t , e. e. e. gº & & e º ſº tº e º £ tº
Fatal—Blowing down boiler at noon, in shutting off blow-
off cock evidently was shut off too quickly, bursting
a tee fitting between boiler and blow-off. As space
behind boiler is narrow there was no chance of his
getting away.
Bolt, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Boom, . . . . . . . . . . ... • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * g º e º º • * * * * * * * * * * *
Fatal—Boom broke loose from engineer in charge and
fell on man, hitting him in the back. Boom carried
no load.
Boring machine, . . . . . . . . . . e e g º ºs e e • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Bottling machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Box making machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Box nailing machine, . . . . . . . . . . e s is e e s e e e i t e e * * * * * * * * * * * f
Braiding machine—insulated wire, . . . . . . | • - I - - | * * * * * * * * * *
Fatals—Compound fracture of forearm, resulting in death.
Man endeavored to recover an oil can which he had
let fall into a braider.
Man crushed and internally injured in a braider.
Brake—not biting, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brick brushing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - - - - -
Buckets—of cranes, hoists, etc.,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
:
3
4
.
Buckets—closing, . . . . . . . . e < * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
3
descending, . . . . . . . . . . . e s : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2
opening, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ore bucket, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
;
Fatal—Fractured skull; hoisting ore from steamship, us-
ing self-dumping buckets, having a back latch, the
latch not being in its proper position, on going ahead
the bucket dumped, and the injured man was struck
on the head by the ore.
Buffing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Buggy–coal buggy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Ore buggy, . . . . . . . . . . . ! • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 3
Burns—general, . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * e e s e e s e e e '• . . . . . . . IO5
acids, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6I
alkali, . . . . . . . . . . . . , - e s = e s • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 3
animonia, . . . . . . e º e º e º ! • * * | * * * * * * * ! • * * * * * * * * 2
back draft, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2O
combustion, . . . . . . . . . ! • e ' s e s e ! • - - - - - - '• • • • - - -
electricity, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3
I
hot mash, . . . . . . . . . • • - I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I
- 8
hot slag, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘e e s e s a s e e s e e s a
Fatal—Foreign substance dropped into pot of molten slag,
causing it to spatter over man's clothes setting them.
afire.
liquids boiling Over, . . . . . . . . . . * * = - e. e. e. e. e. " * * * : * ~ *
oil, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IO
Fatal—Gasoline escaped through open valve on tank car,
loading connection; deceased was in the act of closing
the valve when the gasoline took fire from a locomo-
tive standing close by.
rosin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Sand, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SOap, . . . -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * e º e º ºs e º s e . . . 4
torch, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . | * * * * * * *
N. B.-Sub-headings are not included in general burns.
Button Sewing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , * * * *
I6
IO
cable clamp, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
cable carriage, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº e º e
and drum, . . . . . . . . . . . . | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - - 6
e Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Can-filling machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capping machine—revolving, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gº tº
Carding machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |- - - - • * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Carrier—for barrels, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cars—railroad, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—While cleaning snow from switches, man was
struck by a train.
While working around engines, man was knocked down
and run over. -
While throwing switch, man fell under train, head
crushed.
Man was getting on the step of the tank of the locomo-
tive, when he fell under the wheel of the tank of the
locomotive. -
Man hit by railroad car while crossing tracks.
Caught between locomotive and car.
Man found crushed under car, presumed he tried to
jump across between cars and slipped down.
Man was on a car, going 30 miles an hour, with other
laborers and his hat blew off. In trying to recover
it he fractured skull, causing death.
While attempting to cross railroad track was struck by
a train.
Crushed between two railroad cars being moved for
coupling.
Man was carrying lumber across railroad track and was
struck by an engine.
Man struck by train and killed.
While driving dump cart across railroad tracks cart was
struck by freight car, killing driver.
Deceased was walking along the tracks when struck
by an express. - -
Deceased was drawing truck along platform and pulled
same in front of approaching engine. Engine struck
truck, knocking deceased on tracks where he was run
OV e1.
Train ran into an open switch and man was killed in-
stantly.
Cables, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
I
I
I
6
5
7
Fatals—While tank cars were being coupled to box cars,
man was thrown from top of box car to track and run
OVCr.
Man riding on freight car to go to work at furnace. He
was standing on step of car and when car reached iron
wharf he was caught between edge of wharf and car
and crushed to death.
Two men were pushing an empty railroad car by hand,
along a construction track. One man slipped or stum-
bled, falling in front of car wheels. To save himself
he rolled off the rail under the car and was caught by
a break beam or other projection, breaking back.
Stepped between two engines to uncouple them and was
squeezed between them.
While cutting the air hose between two cars he did not
wait for engine to push back to make second coupling,
and was caught between sills of cars fracturing skull.
Total number of fatal accidents recorded under
R. R. cars, “ . . . . . . . . . '-- - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 [
CarS-Other than railroad, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Fatal—Man fell under wheels of loaded skip car and was
killed instantly.
Street Cars, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 5
Fatal—Inspector pushed from platform of fast running
car by obnoxious passenger whom he had restrained
from jumping off car in motion.
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II4
Cave-in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I6
Fatals—Man was tearing down stone wall when it caved in
burying him.
Man working on inside helping to demolish brick wall,
when caught under brick wall and killed.
Chains—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2
breaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Fadal—Man was pulling a string of railroad cars with a
cable, cable operated by winding around drum. The
link connectiing end of cable to hook attached to car
broke, striking man on lower left leg, breaking bones,
finally resulting in death.
catching hold, ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! • * * * * * * * * * I4.
clamp chain, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
chain sling, ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chimes—of a barrel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chisel, . . . . . ! • * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * * * * * e e s e e º e a e s e s e e s e e
Chopping machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Churn—rubber mill, . . . . . . . . -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chute–general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t = • * ' - e s = • , * * * * * * * * * 24
coal chute, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
mattress chute, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
I
ore chute, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatal—Man fell down ore chute that conveys ore down
250 feet.
pass chute, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
rock chute, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Cleaver, . . . . . . . . . . . ! • e e s • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Clutch, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . ' s e
Coating machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Collision, . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * c e e s e e s e e
Fatal—In driving over railroad tracks, deceased was
struck by a backing freight train.
Color machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Combing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commutator, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Compressor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cone winding machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Conveyors—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cement COITVeyOrS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
link belt conveyor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
revolving conveyor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
traveling conveyor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
conveyor tripper, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
2
Coping machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Core rack, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cotton picking machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . e s s a s s e s a e e s e s e e
Coupling-on line shaft, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
:
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2
:
Cranes—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
air crane, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
crane buckets, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
crane cable, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
crane cab, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
O
crane chain, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Fatal—Man was hooking a crane chain on a steel column
when it came loose and the column fell on his legs.
crane chain slipping, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IO
controller handle, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
electric crane, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Fatal—Man was sitting astride an electric crane track with
his back toward the crane. The crane operator not
knowing he was there, ran the crane upon the man,
pinning him between end of crane and iron column.
hand crane, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
crane hooks, . . . . . . . . . . . . • • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6
jib crane, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Overhead traveling crane, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
shovel crane, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Crank—revolving crank, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Crape machine—wool and mohair mfrs, . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * *
Crucible breaking, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Crusher–Stone crusher, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
crusher Spider, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Cutting machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
bolt cutter, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
cutting and creasing, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
corner cutter and Scorer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
die cutter, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
fodder cutter, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
rag Cutter, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
rotary Cutter, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Cyclone machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cylinder, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , e s • e e s e e o s e e o e e s e e s s 2
Cylinder-revolving, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
steam cylinder, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D.
Derrick, . . . . . . . . . . . .... • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 4
Fatal—A derrick used for lowering cast-iron pipe in
trench, fell, crushing man and killing him instantly.
boom, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e e s e e e I
derrick chain, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
derrick clutch slipping, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
derrick pole, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dies, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dog-dropping, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dog bites, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Doors—auto. fire door falling, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
drop door falling, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
falling through trap door, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
unguarded door, no landing Outside, . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Doubling machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drawing machine, for Wool, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drift pin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drill—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I4
air drill, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
drill jig, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
drill holder, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
drill press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * g º e º e º sº e dº e º 'º 34
drill steel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
hammer drill, . . . . . 's e e s e e e s s e s • * * * * * * * * * * * * I
push drill, . . . . . . . . . . . . * e º ºs e tº e º e & e º tº ſº ſº tº ſº tº tº ſº º I
- Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Driving machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * e
Drowning, . . . . . . . . . . * * ºr e º e º s e e s is e e s e e s e º e s sº e s s e º e e e
Fatal—Drowned by sinking of tug boat.
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Drum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
bleach drum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
boiler drum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
revolving drum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Duck cutting machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gº
Drying machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dump cart, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Duster—carbonizing duster, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eccentric, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
eccentric rod, . . . . . . . • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electric shock, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—Working on top of pole, received electric shock
and fell to ground.
Man killed by electric shock from contact with high
tension wire while at top of pole.
Man was using a flexible drop light with wire cage over
lamp. Received a shock causing death.
Man was working at a lathe driven by an electric motor,
and on touching the lathe he received an electric
shock— 230 volts.
Man came in contact with charged electric light wire
on pole, while putting rings on messenger strand.
Feed wire fell during storm, leaving one end on ground
and the other dangling from cross arm, deceased
took hold of end dangling from cross arm and re-
ceived shock causing death.
Elevators—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
air elevator, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
bucket and chain elevator, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
door of elevator, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
guard rail of elevator, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
marine leg elevator, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—Pushing truck on elevator, someone started ele-
vator down, as car went over he followed it.
Sitting on bundle of paper on elevator, bundle tipped
Over, man falling struck the back of his neck on
guard chain in front of elevator and fell down hatch-
way.
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Fatals—Crushed in elevator between basement and first
floor. Attempted to jump on elevator while in motion.
Fell from fifth story down elevator shaft.
While changing fuse at elevator machinery, in shaft, he
fell to basement.
Jumping on elevator while in motion, held on to floor
or side of same and came in contact with sill over-
head.
Man looking over elevator gate while car was descend-
ing, and bottom of car caught head, forcing same
down against gate.
Hand-power freight elevator; elevator broke, man and
elevator falling down shaft together.
Found with head crushed, was running elevator.
Stepped on elevator safety doors, caught in elevator
hatchway.
Employee pulled hoisting hand cable instead of the one
to go down. Elevator being at top was automatically
shut off; continued pulling caused safety collar to
loosen and elevator to ascend; the top of cage jammed
against roof, a cable broke, and casting on end of
other gave way, elevator dropping to basement, a drop
of about one and a half floors.
Bucket and chain elevator: thinking job completed tackle
was taken down. Elevator moved slowly at first, but
when weight of chain and bucket got over centre it
moved so rapidly that man was unable to get away
and the end of the chain struck him.
After elevator had started down, man went to elevator
shaft and leaned over, top of elevator caught him
while in this position and crushed his face.
Opened door leading into- elevator shaft, and fell into
shaft and was killed.
Was climbing on elevator while same was going up;
was caught across the abdomen, between elevator
platform and shaft. *
While passing under elevator of movable type, platform,
on which was a barrel of varnish, about 540 lbs., fell.
Embossing machine, . . . . . . . . ! • * * * * * * * ! • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * e
Embossing press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Embroidery machine, . . . . . . . . . . ! s e e s e s e s e s s s e e s ∈ e s e s e
Emery wheel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—Struck in chest by portion of emery wheel; was
grinding a wedge-shaped fixture on an open wheel,
with the point of the wedge down, when it was forced
between the rest and the wheel, causing wheel to
break.
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Fatal—Fracture of skull; emery wheel burst, wheel put on
imperfectly and machine was operated in wrong direc-
tion.
Engines—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
gasoline engine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Explosion, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * 45
Fatals—Burned by explosion of powder.
Benzine explosion, causing death.
Death due to explosion of powder, cause unknown.
Explosion of glaze mill, cause unknown, two deaths.
Explosion of vulcanizer, rubber mill, three deaths.
At work putting a soluble cotton into tumbling barrel
which contained acteone; in order to produce a Solu-
tion of soluble cotton, the cotton was placed near the
tumbling barrel in a box. He had nearly completed
adding the cotton when there was a flash, followed
by an explosion. Man blown from room to roof of
adjoining building; instant death.
Explosion caused by the charger jarring the charging
block to let the powder drop in the shells. Two deaths.
Charger moved an empty shell box to make room for
shells that man was bringing in, and it is thought that
the charger, in turning with box in his hands, must
have struck it against a block of charged caps, or
against charging plate, causing explosion.
of Japan oven, . . . . . . . . ! • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5
Fatal—Three killed by explosion of Japan oven, cause
unknown.
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5O
Extractors—hydro, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Fatal—Hydro extractor broke, flying piece struck man
standing eight feet away; death almost instant.
fracture of base of skull.
Man fell from roof of building.
Man stepped on plank and fell through iron work to
the floor below, landing on head.
Hip disease developed due to fall, death following.
Horses, in turning, threw wagon against obstacle, throw-
ing driver from seat to ground. !
Man supposed to have fallen from roof to pavement.
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Fatals—Painting tin roof, man standing in gutter or flat
portion of roof, falling to death.
While cleaning side wall in the open cut, he slipped and
fell about seventy-five feet, landing on rock.
Was on a stringer about two and a half feet Over gas
producers, sixteen and a half feet from the floor, try-
ing to adjust an electric light, fell, striking concrete
floor, landing on head, crushing skull and breaking
neck.
Man found in basement at foot of ladder. Supposed to
have fallen and struck head on pile of lumber.
Man on scaffold painting tramway, when in placing
planks, the man lost his balance and fell to the
ground, a distance of fifteen feet, puncturing base
of skull.
Man fell through window to ground while working at
front of attic nailing on two pieces of boards from
the inside of attic to dormer window frames.
Working on ladder, wiring. Slipped in reaching from
ladder and attempting to balance himself from pillar
to roof.
Walking down ladder, missed his footing and fell about
twenty-five feet, striking his head on two beams in
falling and landing in a lot of iron beams.
Wall of building had been built about thirty feet high.
Starting on new scaffold which man had built one foot
eight, inches high, outside of wall, pushed it over and
fell with if.
Man and partner were holding hatch cover, partner let
go of his end, the deceased tried to hold his end alone
but he slipped and fell through hole head first.
The injured was not at work at the time but was walk-
ing around and fell down and broke his leg. Prob-
ably due to the infirmities of old age.
Man was removing steel roofing sheets from wire mill.
There was a scafold below him but the roofing sheet
that fell with him tipped him off.
Deceased was sitting on plank with legs astride of beam
when plank slipped back as he started to use rivet
gun. His pressure on gun caused plank to slip, caus-
ing him to lose his balance and fall to first floor,
about forty feet.
Falling overboard, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—-Man lost his balance while in boat and fell over-
board and was drowned.
Fell from float, at float bridge, into water and was
drowned.
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Fatals—Man, in getting into rowboat, fell overboard and
drowned.
Man got in way of towing line and was thrown Over-
board under another scow and drowned.
While standing close to the ship's side, holding on to
the fall, he lost his balance and fell overboard.
Man fell overboard from drawbridge and was drowned.
Man missing from his pile driver after big gale, body
found drowned.
Falling bodies, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i e is a º e º e º a e e º e s is e is
Fatals—Man was working near side of quarry when large
stone became dislodged and fell on him.
Man loading stone on quarry cars, a large stone fell
from cliff of quarry and struck him on top of the
head.
Bales of wool were being delivered from sixth floor, by
outside falls in slings. In some way the bales slipped
from sling, knocking man down, breaking both legs,
later resulted in death.
Mold toppled over while man was climbing upon it to
attach chain, his weight overbalancing the mold, the
same falling upon him.
Barring down stone and was caught under one he was
barring.
Man was running a jigger drill, when suddenly there
was a fall of ore from the back, killing him instantly.
Loading pipe on canal boat. Man was in hold of boat
when rope sling parted, the pipe catching him in back.
A boom on ship being lowered by tackle, which slipped
from man’s hands, fell, landing on deceased.
Man working in dirt hopper when bucket of dirt was
dumped into hopper, contents of bucket falling on
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Man was walking under a load of lumber which had
been hoisted about thirty feet, when the load fell on
him.
Some channels were jarred off a car beside which man
was picking up bolts, and they hit him, knocking him
into another pile of iron, fracturing jaw and lacerat-
ing scalp.
Deceased was helping to take down a pile of bales of
cotton goods, when the top bale of the next pile fell,
striking him on the back, dislocating spine.
Man let a small piece of casting, weighing about six
pounds, fall on foot, gangrene Set in, later causing
death.
Injured man was loading ore car. A piece of rock,
weighing several hundred pounds, broke loose from
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the hanging wall above and fell on foot wall and
bounded to where man was working, killing him.
Fatal—The northeast corner of rod rack from which man
was carrying iron, having been undermined by the
rain and the jarring of the rack in taking the iron
out, caused same to collapse, covering man beneath
its contents.
Fans, . . . . . . . . . . ( * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
blower fan, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
electric fan, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . .
Files—hand files, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' - - - - - - - * * * * * * * * * * ... • * *
Finishing machine—for silk rugs, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
worsted yarns, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
woolen goods, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fire, . . . . . . . . . . . . ! • * * * * * * * * * * * * ! • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Fatals—It is supposed the man went into the finishing
room to draw some alcohol for himself, it overflowed
on lantern causing a fire in which he was burned to
death.
While drying a mold in foundry with gasoline torch,
gasoline became ignited causing man's clothing to
take fire, burns causing death.
Man started fire under boiler with wood and probably
got too much pressure on the boiler; when found
the damper was closed and fire doors Open, clothing
probably ignited by backfire.
Flask, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fleecing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * *
Flooring defective, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Flying objects, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatal—Accident was caused by man trying to open air
door with steam power line. The strain on the line
pulled the handle of the door off instead of pulling
door open. The sudden spring of the line threw
the handle against the breast bone.
Folding machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foothold unsafe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! • * * * ' , , , , , . . . . . . . .
Forge—drop forge, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forks, . . . . . . . . " * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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Gas—Overcome by, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 6
combustion of, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
gas producer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gasket blowing out, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gauge, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gears—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Gig, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘ e
Gill machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * : * * * * * * * * e º e º t e º e = e s a I
Spindle cone of, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº e s e s is s is e º & I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Glass, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
water glass exploding, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Glazing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! • - - - - - - - " * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Gouge-hand tool, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grinding machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
disc grinder, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Heald grinder, . . . . . . . . . . . . , º is tº º e º e º & & © e tº I
meat grinder, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
revolving grinder, . . . . . . ; e - - - W - - - e ' - e < * * * * * I
saw grinder, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . ! s • e s - e
Grindstone, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
H.
Hacking machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hall machine—powder works, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hammers—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! • * * * * * * * '• * * * * I3
º air hammer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
drop hammer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IO
hand hammer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ , , , , , , , , , - 50
helve hammer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
mallet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
maul, . . . . . . . . . . . . * , s is e e º 'º e • * * * * * * * * * * 3
riveting hammer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Hammers—sledge hammer, . . . . . . | e < * * * * * . . . . . . . . . . I4.
steam hammer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
trip hammer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hand spike, • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Handles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hatchet, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Heading machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , a tº e º e º ſº tº º e º $ tº e º 'º
Head stock of machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hoist, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * g e º e º is a tº e º e º 'º e º ſe e g tº gº tº I7
air hoist, . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2
ammunition hoist, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
chain hoist, . . . . . . . . ! • e º s , e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e s = e º e s e 2
electric hoist, . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
elevator hoist, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , º & e º e º & e º & © . . . I
hoist chain, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hooks, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hopper, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 e g º e º ºs e tº \ , , , , , , , , , , , s > *
Horses—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 26
- biting, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * g e º tº e º 'º e º tº e 3
falling, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
kicking, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * g º ſº e º ſe & . . . . . 20
Tll11a Way, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—Deceased was leading horse alone, was injured
in lip and mouth ; conditions unknown.
Man killed: man was driving team of horses, wagon
provided with brake and chains; no witnesses.
Team became frightened throwing man from wagon
causing injuries resulting in death. -
Horse took fright as deceased was getting into his de-
livery wagon, causing him to slip straddle of wagon
step. Man was carried along in this manner for four
blocks when wagon collided with street car and he
was crushed between wagon and car.
Hose—bursting—air hose, . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * g e s is e g c e e
water hose, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
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Hosiery board, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hydraulic ram, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ice cream machine, . . . . . . * tº $ tº tº e º $ tº • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Ice machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Incidental, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * g e s e e º a tº s • e * * * * * * *
Faials—Men were about to start work on steel caisson
being sunk below water level, the deceased, instead
of sliding down rope from derrick to his work, dived
down and broke his neck.
Man driving team fell off wagon, cause of death un-
known.
The deceased was engaged in handling lumber in hold
and was struck in stomach by board that was being
passed down by man from upper deck.
Infection, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '• • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jack—Screw jack, . . . . . . e • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I
track jack, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jamming of bodies, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—Man was sitting on right side of front trucks of
locomotive crane while it was moving up, and when
near the frog of Switch, got caught between side of
Modoc and skip car, which stood on adjoining track.
While unloading a hogshead of leaf tobacco from truck
the team started and the skids fell, allowing man to
be caught between hogshead and platform, which
caused internal injuries resulting in death.
- - K.
Kiln, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Knives—cutter knife, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
hand knife, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '• • • , . . . . . . 4. I
revolving knife, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Ladders—falling and slipping, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
breaking, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
46
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Fatals—Ladder upon which man was working, slipped
throwing him to floor. º
Man was coming down a step ladder and slipped and
fell.
Lapping machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lathe-general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
chuck of lathe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
face plate of lathe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
head stock of, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
power lathe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
threading lathe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
turning lathe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
I
turret lathe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total, . . . . . . . . ' s e e s - e.
Fatal–Contusion of abdominal wall, causing death; while
filing work in lathe, the file caught and hit him in
stomach.
Lawn mower, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘. . . . .
Levers—slipping, flying back, etc., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. I
shifting lever, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Lifting, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lighting defective, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loaf moulder (bakery), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e s e e s
Loom, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loose planks, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M.
Macaroni press (powder works), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Machines unclassified, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatal—Stone crushing: left arm crushed and nearly cut
and torn from body. When found he was fast be-
tween the screen and the carrier wheel, he was alone
at this part of the crushing plant, but circumstances
indicated that he had been caught in machine while
attempting to fill an oil cup while machine was in
motion.
Magnet, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Mandrel, . . . . . . . . . , e s - e e º e s e e s e e s e e e s e e s • * * * * * * * * * * * 4
Mangle rolls, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Manhole—covers of, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
falling into, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Marking machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Marlin Spike, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Matching machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * I
Milling machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mixers—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
rubber mixers, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *º e º e e s e e 6
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2
Mixing board, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Molten metal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I3O
Monitor—automatic, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Monorail—electric, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Motor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Motorcycles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Moulding machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
hydraulic moulding machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Sole moulding machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Moving block, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Multigraph, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
N. -
Nails, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I48
Needles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Needle eye polishing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Nut shaving machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
O.
Obstacles in path, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Occupational disease, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Occupational infection, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Occupational eruption, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Open vessels, trenches, etc., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—Scalded to death. Walking on platform two feet
wide over rear end of vats, containing boracic acid
liquor, and in stepping from one platform to another
(opening two feet), on same level, he slipped and fell
into a vat of hot liquor. Considerable mist or vapor
around vat caused by cold air entering through
window and striking hot liquor.
In attempting to cut time and go home early deceased
crossed tanks filled with hot soda liquor and in so
doing fell into the tank and was scalded fatally.
Overhanging objects, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatal—Man was on box car and was hit by overhead
bridge, throwing him under train which ran over him.
Paddles—revolving, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paper bag machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pick handle bruising, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pile driver, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pipe-cutting machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
pipe breaking, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! - - - - - - - - - - - - -
pipe machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Piston—rings, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " ... • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
piston rod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pitch fork, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pits, hatchways, etc., falling into, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—The deceased was carrying about twenty-five
pounds of copper rods on his shoulder and in crossing
a small bridge over a cellar, lost his balance and fell
into cellar.
Man was found unconscious at bottom of casting pit
twelve feet deep ; later died.
Planer—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . ! • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Fatal—Tool of planer cut into man's hand; hand ampu-
tated, later developing blood poisoning, causing death.
buzz planer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! • * * * * * * * * * * * *
feed bar of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Palmer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Pianer—hand planer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Stone planer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
!
Platforms—falling off of, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Plunger rod, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pneumatic rammer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Poles (electric light, tel. & tel., etc.), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2
Press—unclassified, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Bull press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
die press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IO
drop press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
dust clay press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
foot press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
glucose press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
hand press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
hydraulic press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
litho. press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
paper printing, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
POWCT DICSS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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5
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Planks breaking, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
I
2
punch press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pllſ]]|p DTCSS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
rubber printing, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
stamping press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
tin can press, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
* Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Pressing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Print machine (cotton goods), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Printing ink disc, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Protruding objects, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Pulleys, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Pumps-general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
hydraulic pump, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
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cross head of pump, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
rocker arm of pump, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quiller, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Reamer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Reel,
Refining engine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Refrigerating machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reloader (coal yards), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Revolving bodies, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rewinding machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rivet head, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riveting machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
pneumatic riveter, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * e e s e º e º e º a e º e º e º 'º e º e e s e e
Rod—of engine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
brake rod, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Fatal—Man fell from top of car between tracks, car pass-
ing over him. He was applying brakes when brake-
rod broke causing him to fall.
Rolling bodies, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Fatals—Turning a tank around on skids, the tank had
been blocked to keep it from rolling, blocking acci-
dentally knocked out, allowing tank to roll forward
and caught man between it and timber underneath.
While drilling with block hole machine, a chuck rolled
down over the pile and struck him on the head.
Rolling machine—for carpets, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
S
Rolls—calendar, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IOO
Fatal—Accident resulted in lockjaw and death.
Man was leading off paper on calendar dryers when
left hand caught between the dryers and was burned
and bruised before the machine could be stopped.
Rope—defective, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
looping and catching, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
slipping and burning, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Roughing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Roving frame, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rumbler barrel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Runway—falling off of, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sauer kraut machine,
Sausage stuffer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saws—unclassified, mostly motor driven, . . . . . . . . . . . .
band saw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
buzz saw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
circular saw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
circular saw table, . . . . . . . ... • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
jig saw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
rip saw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sawing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
traveling saw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sash mortise,
Scaffolding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—Scaffold iron on the roof broke, scaffold fell on
one end killing man.
Scaffolding gave way which man had built to erect
tank stairway.
Scoring machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scraper-revolving, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Screws—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
clamp Screw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
lag screw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
revolving screw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Screw machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Set Screw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . .
Screw drivers slipping, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seaming machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
lock Seamer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Separator, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *e e e a e e º a • *
Sewing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shafting—unclassified, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fatal—While in the act of turning mine car upon it side
the car swayed, striking man’s shoulder and causing
him to fall down shaft, killing him instantly.
cam shaft, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e s - e s • * * * * * I
counterline shaft, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
crank shaft, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
driving shaft, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
line shaft, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
shaft drum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
stirrer shaft, . . . . . . . . " * * * * * * * * . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatals—While lacing a belt over a shaft, a piece of waste
sticking out of man's pocket became fastened about
shaft, causing the clothing to fasten and draw him
onto, and about the revolving shaft.
It is assumed girl was looking for bad shell in back of
machine, when, in raising her head, it struck the
driving shaft of machine causing the scalp to be torn
completely from head.
Man was helping to erect an iron stairway in the
rear of building and while endeavoring to enter angle
iron bar into opening in brick wall his jumper caught
on coupling on upper line shaft, resulting in winding
his body around shaft.
Shaper, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shaving machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 :
leather shaving machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
- Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shears—unclassified, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
hand shears, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
shearing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
power shears, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 5
roller shears, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
. . -- Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shuttle, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
shuttle box, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Singeing machine,
Slag breaking,
Slippery floors,
Fatal—Burned with acid causing death ; carrying pail con-
taining carbolic acid, slipped and contents spilled
Over face and body.
Slitting machine,
Soap machine—for cotton goods,
Spindle,
Spinning machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
running flyer,
Spinning flyer,
Spinning frame,
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Splinters, wood, iron, steel, etc.,
Spooling machine,
Spoolpin of machine,
Springs,
Spurs—for climbing,
Stairways,
Stamping machine,
Staying machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Steam scalding and water,
N. B.-Not included in general burns.
Fałal—Deceased was engaged in opening valve to blow
digester of pulp, when pipe fitting failed, permitting
Steam and pulp to escape. In getting away from scene
of accident the scalding occurred.
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Steam shovel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stitching machine,
Strand machine,
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Striking out machine,
Striping machine,
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Stropping machine,
Suffocation,
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Fatals—Man had an iron pipe barring feed down through
bin and in some way fell head first into said bin,
which was three-fourths full of dry feed and the
spout over said bin open. When man was found his
feet were within three inches of top of bin, which
had an opening eighteen inches square, through which
he fell.
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Fatals—Man was buried in sawdust in bin located on roof
of building where he was shoveling sawdust to chute
leading from bottom of bin. *
Man was digging out flue dust with a pick, from a
vertical face of flue dust about Io feet or twelve feet
high. Flue dust fell down off the top of face, bury-
ing man.
Swaying bodies, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatal—Deceased was assisting in stowing cargo. While
going backwards from the wing into the hatch, with-
drawing a roller from case, he was hit on the back by
a heavy case of machinery, receiving internal injuries
which resulted in death.
Table—revolving, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
shaking table, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tentering machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * e s e e s e
Threading machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tiering machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e o e s e s e
Tire machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tongs—hand, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
chain, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tramway—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Overhead tramway, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatal—The deceased was placing a new sheave in curve
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idlers on elevated tramway and was about to replace
the wire cable around said curve when the man at
scales, who changes the cable car from the dock wire
to main hauling wire, on seeing one of the deceased's
helpers approach the dock, took it for granted that
the above repairs had been finished and started the
cable moving, which threw the man off the tramway
to the ground, a distance of thirty feet.
Trestle, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... • * * * *
- Fatals—Dumping car at Ore dock, dock gave way and
trestle and car fell to bottom, a distance of about
twenty-five feet. Six men were working about this
trestle and all fell with car and timber, one killed.
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Fatal—Pushing a hand car over the trestle railroad bridge,
that crosses the water power, was struck and run over
by a car that was being pushed down the track by a
locomotive.
Trimmer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trucks—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2O
cotton truck, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
electric truck, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
hand truck, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tubing machine—general, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
for rubber, . . . . . . e º e s e s = e s e e s e s • I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Turning machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Turntable, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Turret head, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '• . . . . . . . . .
Twister, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
t Spool, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
V.
Valves—bursting, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
feed valve, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
gas valve, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
valve rod, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vise, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
W.
Wagons, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
falling off of, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I3
run over by . . . . . . . . . . . • • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . • *
Warper, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Washing machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wet pan—revolving—brick makers, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wheelbarrow, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Wheels—in motion, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
cutter wheel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
feed wheel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
fly wheel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
lap wheel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Scouring wheel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Sprocket wheel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
wagon wheel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Whizzer (hat works), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Winch—drum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
electric motor winch, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Steam winch, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Winch handle, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Winding frame, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * *
Windlass, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wiping machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wire—block, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
wire looping, . . . . . . . . . . " * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I
wire machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
wire Stitching machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fatal—Caught in loop of wire and drawn against die box
while helping another operator in straightening out
his wire.
Wood chopper, . . . . . . " * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Wrapping machine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wrench Slipping, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * - " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 70
wrench bruising, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
wrench flying back, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
- Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wringer—power, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
revolving wringer, . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wrist pin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Y.
Yard machine—in bleachery, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PAI, JAH 21, 1908