FACTS

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Preventable accidents involving machinery and equipment accounts for a significant number of injuries and fatalities each year worldwide.

• One child dies every three days on US farms, usually due to equipment impact or entanglement. 

• Over 17,000 children under the age of 19 are injured each year by lawn mowing equipment.

• Lawn mower accidents are the #1 cause of childhood amputations.

• Thirteen children per day visit Emergency Rooms due to lawn mower accidents.

• One of every five lawn mower accidents fatalities involves a child.

•  54% of families in America with children under 10 years old allow them to ride on lawn mowing equipment. Its part of our culture for children to be around the equipment. 

•  There were 253,000 overall reported lawn mower accidents in 2010 as compared to the early 1980's where there were about 77,000 annually reported. 

•  Over 300,000 lawn mower accidents were reported in 2013. That is an increase of almost 50,000 victims from the 2010 statistics.