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Each spring and summer our attorneys see an increasing number of injuries to children caused by lawnmowers. An estimated 9,400 children are injured each year. Many of the accidents result in amputations of legs, hands, fingers, feet, and toes. Experts say that the most serious accidents occur when operators back up rider mowers with the mower blades engaged and run over small children they can\u2019t see.<\/p>\n

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, back over accidents alone account for 560 injuries to children each year. Statistics show that the overall rate of all types of injuries for both adults and children is 2.6 injuries per 1,000 involving ride-on mowers. That is a very high ratio of injury especially for a product used seasonally and not on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

In 2003, the lawnmower industry adopted a voluntary industry safety standard requiring new rider mowers to have a \u201cno-mow-in-reverse feature\u201d to prevent the mower from backing up with the blades powered. But, the safety standard allows manufacturers to install a device that overrides the feature.<\/p>\n

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Each spring and summer our attorneys see an increasing number of injuries to children caused by lawnmowers. An estimated 9,400 children are injured each year. Many of the accidents result in amputations of legs, hands, fingers, feet, and toes. Experts say that the most serious accidents occur when operators back up rider mowers with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-1601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury-wrongful-death","tag-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"\nRiding Mower Defects Endanger Children — Trial Attorney Blog — August 22, 2007<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Each spring and summer our attorneys see an increasing number of injuries to children caused by lawnmowers. 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