On Sun, 22 May 2016 10:01:25 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article , says...

On 5/21/2016 9:56 PM, Micky wrote:



You know, in all my fifty or so years, I can't
remember ever meeting (or first generation
reliable source hearing about) a child
injured by a lawn mower.

Fellow I worked with cut off part of his grandson's foot with a mower.

When my son was small I would not let him out in the yard while I was
mowing. Maybe I am over protective, but the way children run so fast
they can get in the way in no time.


There used to be quite a few hand and foot injuries before mowers
required dead man switches. The only child I ever read about being a
victim was a little kid who near a mower that kicked out a wire -
think it was piece of coat hanger - and it penetrated his head,
killing him.
It usually won't make the news unless somebody is killed.