Types of Lawn Mower Accidents

Rescue Rick the Grass Cut Man is obsessed about creating yard safety awareness and striving to make yard accidents extinct. It is apparent that universities are conducting more research into the phenomenon of yard accidents. I found the following excerpt from the University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture - Cooperative Extension Service

Four types of power lawn mower accidents cause the majority of injuries:

Contact with rotating blade.
Propelled objects. Rocks, glass and wire are hurled at initial speeds above 170 miles per hour. Objects maybe thrown 50 feet or more, causing death and injuries ranging from blindness to severe bruising.
Overturning. This occurs primarily when riding mowers are used on steep slopes or embankments. Victims may be pinned under the mower or come into contact with the blade.
Riding mowers running over the victim. Accidents occur if the operator fails to look when backing a riding mower. Playing children are seriously injured. Or, an operator pulls a power mower backward over his or her foot.

Please take a moment and think about each of these types of yard accidents involving a lawn mower. They should all be preventable. Furthermore, it takes a team effort to prevent these lawn mower accidents, including the operators of the equipments to follow the operator's manual, the equipment manufacturers to strive to eliminate product defects, the equipment sales channels to create yard safety awareness, community centers to broadcast yard safety awareness messages, etc.

Rescue Rick the Grass Cut Man is here today so that yard accidents go away! Think before you cut. It hurts! Be yard safe!

Richard T. Mudrinich
Rescue Rick the Grass Cut Man
http://www.rescuerick.com