Mower season brings health hazards
2008-07-01 16:02:29 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Health News News)Atlanta, Georgia (CaymanMama.com) — Andre Rives does not mow his lawn anymore. The reason behind this is not that he has a busy schedule. The fact is that cutting grass refreshes his bad memories. Rives is a cable technician who hails from Ellenwood, Georgia and while mowing his lawn two years ago, he accidentally cut the three toes of his right foot while trying out his new lawn mower.
Recalling the dreadful incident, Rives said, “I was going too fast and my shorts got caught on the gear shift. I came too close to the curb and I couldn’t stop. I ended up sliding off and my foot went under.” Rives is one of many those Americans who has suffered from lawn mower accidents in 2006. According to the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons statistics, this has been a common problem. According to the statistics, the group that faced the most lawn mower injuries were in the age group of 25-64 followed by young children at or under age 5.
Among the injuries, 22% involved wrists, finger or hands while 14% accidents involved toes, ankles and feet. According to Dr. Marvin Royster from Atlanta’s Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic, “Most of the time it’s pure accident. They slipped on the lawn mower, the grass was wet or the lawn mower overturned.” According to Dr. Royster, some of the other injuries involved burns from the muffler and ejected particles from mower such as wood, rock or metal that has a speed of more than 100 mph.
However, in the case of Rives, his accident caused him to lose his three toes. Dr. Royster was successful in fixing some of the damage but was unsuccessful with the re-attaching of digits. He recently met with Rives and said, “Andre is doing very well. He has a little trouble with running and getting up on the ball of his foot, but other activities, he’s able to do quite well.”
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