"Across the nation, about 200,000 people — about 16,000 of them children — are injured in lawn mower accidents each year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports. Most injuries, such as severed fingers and toes, limb amputations, broken bones, burns and eye injuries, are caused by careless use..."

This is something I keep going on about, and for good reason. There is no reason that many kids should be hurt from lawnmowers!

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jun/15/summer-ritual-can-turn-dangerous/?local