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Ralph Mowery

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

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.

There was a fellow at work that was between 50 and 60 years old that
almost lost some fingers on a mower. He thought the blades on his
riding mower may not be turning so like a dummy he stuck his hand it
there to see if he could feel the blades turning. He was lucky the
blades just nicked the ends of about 3 fingers and after a few weeks
they healed.

I guess the dead man switch might have saved him if he had to get off
the mower to check that out.