Smiles for Kids Blog
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Preventable lawn mower injuries can be devastating
Via UPI.com
U.S. medical societies say a child needs to be at least 12 years old to operate a lawn mower safely and at least 16 to operate a ride-on mower.Click here to read the full article.
"Many children who sustain lawn mower injuries must undergo reconstructive surgery for months, sometimes years, after the initial accident," Dr. Richard D'Amico of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons said in a statement. "The look on parents' faces can be truly heart-wrenching. We are the physicians called to treat these devastating injuries, but (we) would do anything to prevent them in the first place."