Lawn mower-related injuries to children treated at Nationwide's Children's Hospital have spiked in 2024 by more than 350% compared to this time in 2023 and 2022, according to the Columbus hospital.

Do you mow your own lawn? It can be dangerous if precautions aren’t taken. According to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, cuts, burns, injuries due to loose objects on the lawn, fractures ...

As this case study illustrates, proper treatment, case management, and outpatient therapy can mean the difference between recovery and tragedy. James, an active 3-year-old, was playing in the yard ...

Lawn mower safety campaign asks if your youth are ‘Mow Ready’? In an effort to cut both grass and injury rates, the Childhood Agricultural Safety Network (CASN) is launching a national lawn mower ...

Experts at Nationwide Children's Hospital have noticed a 350% increase in lawn mower injuries this year. These injuries are preventable. The temperature isn’t the only thing that rises in the summer.

Two years ago, 6-year-old Liam Lavelle took a ride with his dad on the lawn mower — something he had done many times before. The mower’s blades were not engaged, and the bagging system was turned off ...

Each summer, lawn mower accidents send countless numbers of people to the emergency room. Mishaps often involve serious injuries to the fingers, hands and feet. Often caused by a moment's distraction, ...

Editor's note: We are reprinting a series of past columns to prevent common summertime injuries and diseases in children. This column originally appeared in 2001. The following statistics about lawn ...

Luke Brittain was buzzing along on stand-up lawn mower two years ago when it flipped upside down in a drainage ditch. The blades were still spinning. To keep from going face first into the blades, he ...

Objectives: Characterization of the epidemiology and cost of lawn-mower injuries is potentially useful to inform injury prevention and health policy efforts. We examined the incidence, distribution, ...

A typical summer chore for kids is mowing the lawn,but it's also a routine task that can be extremely dangerous if safetyprecautions are not taken. Approximately 253,000 people were treated ...