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Ten Ways People Hurt Themselves With A Lawn Mower
By George Hankston, Fri Dec 9th
It’s a nice sunny afternoon. You decide to mow your lawn. Thenyou find yourself in hospital. What happened? You had anargument with a mower. Not only is it expensive and timeconsuming, it’s also very embarrassing. Imagine having toexplain that a mower got the better of you! Here are the top ten reasons why lawn mowers alwayswin. 1) You are wearing soft shoes, the mower has strong metalrotating blades. What do you think will happen if the blades runover your unprotected feet?
2) Working on the engine with the spark plug still in place.Whilst you are fiddling with the electrics the gremlins willconspire to kick the engine into life. Sliced! There goesanother finger. Take the spark plug out when working on theengine. 3) Switch off the engine before walking away from it. If youleave the mower engine running, as soon as you turn yourback it will start to follow you and run you over. Seriously,you must turn off the engine before leaving it. Whilst you’reaway an innocent child could try to take control of the mower. 4) Some people actually fill up with petrol whilst the engine isstill running. The gremlins love this combination of heat,electricity, sparks and fumes. The chances of something goingwrong are very high. Just image yourself with a singed moustacheand eyebrows in the hospital waiting room, or more likelyheavens waiting room. Turn off the engine before filling withpetrol. 5) Rotating mower blades have the ability to pick up rocksand branches and launch them at you with devastating accuracy.Before you start mowing, give the an inspection. Get rid ofanything that is not green and made of grass. 6) Your mower has the ability to blow up your shed, garageand
even your house. If you are in the basement filling up withpetrol, the fumes and gases will build up and just one littlespark will send the whole lot sky high. You’ll see it becauseyou’ll be in heaven looking down on it! Only fill up with petrolin an open space. In the garden would be quite convenient as youare planning on mowing the lawn. 7) Even when you are in the garden filling up with petrol therecan still be a localised build up of combustible fumes. Thegremlins will try and get you to light up a cigarette, just tosee what you look like with burnt facial features. Don’t smokewhilst filling up with petrol. 8) Ok, so you think that you’ve got the gremlins beat. Thinkagain, they will now bring on kids, dogs and cats. Anything thatcan distract you and cause you to make a mistake. Mowing a lawnis not the time to be entertaining your kids or your friendskids. Just imagine taking a kid back to his parents and saying,“I’m sorry, but I could only find 2 of his fingers, you might beable to sew them back on”. Mowing means no kids, no dogs and nocats. Let them enjoy the after you’ve cut it. 9) Wait for the blades to fully stop on their own beforeclearing cut grass from them. The blades have the ability toslice your finger tips off without you even knowing. Ouch. 10) By now it should be obvious, but don’t start working on themower and making adjustments when the engine is running. It willjust instantly maim you. End of story. About the author:Copyright George Hankston 2005 If you need more information onlawn care, and lawn mowers pleasevisit the following web site: http://www.lawncaremagazine.com Lawn Caremaintenance
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