| When I was a child, I always thought mowing the lawn looked cool. When I was old enough to help at home, my father would let me use the push mower to help mow our back yard but I don't think I ever really understood the dangers of those mowers and just how sharp those blades were until years later when I was a pediatric resident working in the ER with grass in full bloom. I saw fingers and legs sliced in ways unimaginable, some from foreign bodies kicked up from the mower. But, the worst lawn mower accident by far was a cute little boy who had fallen off a riding mower. Despite his father's q... » Original link |
