The above table shows, in a form so plain as to require little or no explanation or analysis, the character of injuries suffered by wage earners as a result of the class of accidents designated as "major" or "serious."

The railroad employes are not included in this table for the reasons, as before stated, that only the actual number injured, without any particulars regarding the character of their injuries. excepting those resulting in death, was reported by the companies employing them. The classification by results of injuries is shown on the parallel lines, and the perpendicular lines show the number who suffered them, by occupational groups.

The results of accidents are shown in the order of their apparent seriousness and the degree of physical disability which they seem likely to cause. Naturally, therefore, those that resulted in death, of which there were 217, are entered first; these fatalities, divided among the occupational groups, show that 97, or 44.7 per cent. of the total number, occurred in "factories and workshops"; 42, or 19.3 per cent., in the "building and construction trades"; 24, or 11.1 per cent., in "tunnels, mines and excava

tions"; 16, or 7.3 per cent., in "electrical work of various kinds," and 38, or 17.6 per cent., in the several varieties of occupations included under "unclassified."

Of 58 persons who suffered the "loss of one or more fingers," 55 were employed in factories and workshops; of 29 cases of "fractured skull," 13 occurred in factories and workshops; of 30 cases of "one arm broken," 17 occurred in factories and workshops; of 79 cases of "one leg broken," 35 occurred in factories and workshops; of 39 cases of "one or more ribs broken," 10 occurred in factories and workshops, and 13 were suffered by building trades workmen; of 18 cases of "one foot crushed," 13 occurred in factories and workshops; of 24 cases of "one hand crushed," 22 occurred in factories and workshops; of 23 cases of "fingers crushed," 17 occurred in factories and workshops; of 16 cases of "eyesight wholly or partially destroyed," II occurred in factories and workshops. Many of the tabulated injuries were suffered by factory and workshop operatives alone, particularly those caused by acids and fire. Among the causes of accidents enumerated on Table No. 2 will be found, "falls into oil tanks, tubs of boiling water, tubs of dyes, chemicals, etc."; in these factory workers alone were involved, and that they occurred at all is apparently due to the fact that such safeguards as are prescribed by law were not provided.

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Of the 978 cases of accidental injury suffered by wage earners, exclusive of railroad operatives, 485, or 49.5 per cent., were employed in factories and workshops; 213, or 21.9 per cent., building and construction; 89, or 9.1 per cent., in tunnels, mines and excavations; 53, or 5.4 per cent., in electrical work of various kinds, and 138, or 14.1 per cent., in the occupations grouped under "unclassified."

The foregoing summary tables (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) show respectively the causes in which the accidents originated and the character of the bodily injuries which resulted therefrom. These tables show that the factory and workshop industries of the State are responsible for practically one-half of all the accidents having serious results, and also nearly one-half of the total number of fatalities.

ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES

Tables Nos. 4, 5 and 6, which follow, present a compilation of accidents, the injuries resulting from which were of a minor character.

TABLE No. 4.

Minor Accidents to Workmen While on Duty. Causes of Accidents by Industry Groups for the Twelve Months Ending September 30, 1914.

ALL OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS INCLUDED, EXCEPT STEAM RAILROAD
TRANSPORTATION.

Table No. 4, above, shows the total number of these to have been 386, divided among the five occupational groups as follows: Factories and workshops, 140, or 36.3 per cent.; building and

construction, 103, or 26.7 per cent.; tunnels, mines and excavations, 30, or 7.8 per cent.; electrical industries, 21, or 5.4 per cent. ; and unclassified, 92, or 23.8 per cent.

As was the case with "major accidents," the factory and workshop industries produced much the largest number resulting in "minor" injuries, and these, like the more serious ones presented in the preceding tables, were the result of unguarded machinery, engines, shafting and belting. Out of a total of 36 in all the industrial groups, which occurred from these causes, 33 are charged to factories and workshops; out of a total of 33 cases of injury by "inflammable and acid materials, gases, vapors, etc.," 19 occurred in factories and workshops; out of 59 cases of injury by "collapse and downfall of material," 31 occurred in factories and workshops. The building and construction trades come next to factories and workshops in the number injured, but it seems evident from the various causes through which these occurred that a large proportion of them could have been avoided if there had been a proper system of inspection of appliances established. Tablės No. 5 and 6, which follow, show the bodily location of all minor injuries (Table No. 5) and a summary of all accidents— major and minor-by occupational groups is shown on Table No. 6.

TABLE No. 5.

Minor Accidents. Classification According to Bodily Location of Injury.

The above table, the last of the series illustrating the accidents to workmen while on duty which occurred during the twelve months ending September 30, 1914, combines the "major" and "minor" injuries by occupational groups. Including railroad employes, the grand total is 4,087. Excluding railroad men, the total is 1,364, of which the factories and workshops furnished 625, or 45.8 per cent.; building and construction, 316, or 23.2 per cent.; tunnels, mines and excavations, 119, or 8.8 per cent.; electrical occupations, 74, or 5.3 per cent. ; unclassified occupations, 230, or 16.9 per cent.

TABLE No. 7.

Manufacturing Establishments, Moved from the State or Closed
Permanently During the Year 1913.

The list which is given below shows the number of manufacturing plants formerly operating that were either closed permanently or moved elsewhere during the year 1913. The capital invested in these establishments, cost value of such stock or material as they used, selling value of goods made or work done, total amount paid in wages, and number of persons employed are shown as these details were reported for 1912, the last full year they were in operation here. The places in which these plants had been located, the reasons assigned for closing or moving away, the character of the industries in which they were engaged, and the States in which those of them that left New Jersey have settled, are also given below in brief form.