Lawn mower accidents cause more than 74,000 injuries every year, according to a new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Rice University. More than 5,000 of those accidents involve children and about 600 led to amputations.
Push mowers and self-propelled mowers cause almost three times as many injuries as riding mowers. Children should be kept in the house while a power mower is being used.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
