Don’t let lawn mowing injuries send you to the E.R.
With warm weather finally here and grass greening up and growing fast, the sound of power lawn mowers fills the air in many neighborhoods. While they are useful tools to have, they are also hazardous when not used correctly.
In 2010 alone, more than a quarter of a million people in the U.S. were treated for lawn mower-related injuries, a 3 percent increase from 2009, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Many of the injured were young; those under 19 years of age accounted for 17,000 of the lawn mower-related injuries in 2010.