Lawn-Mower related Mortality in the US: 0.0912983 deaths per 1 million people

[adan]

I just came across this site today about lawn mower related deaths:
Contact with powered lawnmower (per capita) by country. Definition, graph and map.

The USA is #7 in the list at 0.0912983 deaths per 1 million people. Moldova is #1 at 0.448934 deaths per 1 million people.

Death is always a sad tale and I don't wish to trivialize it with statistics. But, how do you feel about the numbers? They don't seem too scary to me.

 

[JDgreen]

I just came across this site today about lawn mower related deaths:
Contact with powered lawnmower (per capita) by country. Definition, graph and map.

The USA is #7 in the list at 0.0912983 deaths per 1 million people. Moldova is #1 at 0.448934 deaths per 1 million people.

Death is always a sad tale and I don't wish to trivialize it with statistics. But, how do you feel about the numbers? They don't seem too scary to me.

That is really interesting, thanks for sharing...gotta wonder what kinds of mowers are involved in the statistics...push type, riders, lawn tractors, garden tractors, CUT's, farm tractors (used for field cutting) and those huge machines you see mowing the Interstate roadsides. Got specs on INJURIES per million people in the US?

Bet it's really high.

 

[adan]

JDgreen, you might find this interesting:

Cause of death
All the fatalities from lawn mowing resulted from cardiac arrest. All were male and aged between 40 and 79.

I got that from this site: STATS: The risks of lawn moving

Cardiac arrest! Then they blame that on lawn mowers? Cardiac arrest can happen anywhere and under any circumstance, including sleeping. I sometimes find academics very amusing.

 

[bret]

A truck driver I knew here just died of a heart attack in the bathroom at a truck stop, I agree, it can happen anywhere and lawnmowers should not be blamed for that.

 

[txzrider]

My dad told me a story of his friend in mississippi whose wife did all the mowing on their land. One day she managed to get the mower stuck, well she got off and tried to pull it from the front a little to get it going, it worked and it ran over her and killed her.

 

[Wetzel]

JDgreen, you might find this interesting:



I got that from this site: STATS: The risks of lawn moving

Cardiac arrest! Then they blame that on lawn mowers? Cardiac arrest can happen anywhere and under any circumstance, including sleeping. I sometimes find academics very amusing.

That stat is obviously wrong. 75-95 people die each year using ride on mowers....a guy down the road from me for one, rolled over on him. I'm sure push mowers
deaths are a rarity, but still must play a part in several deaths a year.

Son's death in lawn-mower accident leads to action | Jacksonville.com

Lawn Mower Accidents

Council fined after gardener was crushed to death by sit-on lawnmower | Daily Mail Online

Hastings Council fined after boy dies under lawnmower | Stuff.co.nz

 

[KrashnKraka]

Death is terminal. Dollar cost to industry is likely negative as estates
sell inflicting mower cheap.
What is more relevant to forums - and potential owners - is the
Disability Rate. Like, just what scale of numbers are living partially
or wholly disabled from interaction with mowers?

There is a number which may just educate some to be most carefull
and live, disibility free over a fine lawn

...jws a tawt.

KK