One freak lawn mower accident **contains graphic photo**

[dereksbicycles]

One of my friends told me a story of a deaf woman who lost her half of her fingers on one hand in a lawn mower accident. What happened is that the mower bagger got full. She needed to empty it. As she emptied the bag, some of the grass fell back in the lawn mower chute. She had forgotten to turn off the lawn mower before going in the chute to get some of the grass that had fallen. The blade spinned and cut her fingers. I wonder if she would have remembered to turn off the mower, but did not because she wouldn't hear the mower still running. I realize that about every mowers today allow you to turn it off automatically, but some older lawn mowers are manual. You've to turn them off manually. I just hope that people remember to turn their mowers off because they cannot hear whether it is on or off.

 

[ChicagoBlue2]

One of my friends told me a story of a deaf woman who lost her half of her fingers on one hand in a lawn mower accident. What happened is that the mower bagger got full. She needed to empty it. As she emptied the bag, some of the grass fell back in the lawn mower chute. She had forgotten to turn off the lawn mower before going in the chute to get some of the grass that had fallen. The blade spinned and cut her fingers. I wonder if she would have remembered to turn off the mower, but did not because she wouldn't hear the mower still running. I realize that about every mowers today allow you to turn it off automatically, but some older lawn mowers are manual. You've to turn them off manually. I just hope that people remember to turn their mowers off because they cannot hear whether it is on or off.

When I mowed the lawn at my former residence, I used a lawn mower that turned off automatically, and if it didn't, I could tell by the vibration it made, and fix that problem. I got pretty good at fixing lawn mowers as a kid. Hmm, maybe it's time to brush up on those skills again? Wouldn't hurt.

 

[rockin'robin]

Terrible thing to happen...wondering too...if they could have found her fingers, maybe implant them back on?....then again, maybe they were chewed all the heck....she will have to "sign" with the other hand....

 

[whatdidyousay!]

How horrible!

 

[sonocativo]

I think they would feel the vibration either it be electric or gas.... very noticeable and you have to hold something to get to the discharge chute...
Getting a ring hung up or stepping on a LEGO can be bad too...

 

[ChicagoBlue2]

I think they would feel the vibration either it be electric or gas.... very noticeable and you have to hold something to get to the discharge chute...
Getting a ring hung up or stepping on a LEGO can be bad too...

WTMI with the pictures. Pretty sure Dreamer and a few others are gagging as I type. Me? I watched enough CSI to handle it.

 

[Calvin]

Mod note:

Added the graphic to the title of thread.

 

[ChicagoBlue2]

Mod note:

Added the graphic to the title of thread.

They'll know it's not pretty. At learn they're forewarned.

 

[Jiro]

One of my friends told me a story of a deaf woman who lost her half of her fingers on one hand in a lawn mower accident. What happened is that the mower bagger got full. She needed to empty it. As she emptied the bag, some of the grass fell back in the lawn mower chute. She had forgotten to turn off the lawn mower before going in the chute to get some of the grass that had fallen. The blade spinned and cut her fingers. I wonder if she would have remembered to turn off the mower, but did not because she wouldn't hear the mower still running. I realize that about every mowers today allow you to turn it off automatically, but some older lawn mowers are manual. You've to turn them off manually. I just hope that people remember to turn their mowers off because they cannot hear whether it is on or off.

hmm... I haven't used a lawn machine in a very long time but correct me if I'm wrong - I thought there's a safety feature on handlebar where you have to hold down another handlebar together with main handlebar to get the blades running.

and if you let go of handlebars, the blade will stop spinning but the motor will still keep running.

 

[ChicagoBlue2]

hmm... I haven't used a lawn machine in a very long time but correct me if I'm wrong - I thought there's a safety feature on handlebar where you have to hold down another handlebar together with main handlebar to get the blades running.

and if you let go of handlebars, the blade will stop spinning but the motor will still keep running.

Both the blades and motor stop running-- it's for safety reasons.

 

[Angel1989]

I think they would feel the vibration either it be electric or gas.... very noticeable and you have to hold something to get to the discharge chute...
Getting a ring hung up or stepping on a LEGO can be bad too...

I'm the only one in my family that loves watching surgeries. Nothing really gets to me except if it's one of my kids that get hurt. Brain surgery is amazing to watch.

 

[ncff07]

hmm... I haven't used a lawn machine in a very long time but correct me if I'm wrong - I thought there's a safety feature on handlebar where you have to hold down another handlebar together with main handlebar to get the blades running.

and if you let go of handlebars, the blade will stop spinning but the motor will still keep running.

The newer push mowers do have that handle you need to keep pressed down for it to run but the older mowers don't have that just a throttle lever and a off/run switch. People can outsmart that lever just by using a simple spring clamp to hold it down. Even the new riding mowers have a switch to stop the blades when the machine is put into reverse (its annoying as hell too)

 

[sonocativo]

The newer push mowers do have that handle you need to keep pressed down for it to run but the older mowers don't have that just a throttle lever and a off/run switch. People can outsmart that lever just by using a simple spring clamp to hold it down. Even the new riding mowers have a switch to stop the blades when the machine is put into reverse (its annoying as hell too)

And I hate it, every time I go into reverse a button has to be held down otherwise it dies.... I save it mostly by hitting it real quick, but its a terrible feature on riders, when you have to stop, push button and shift then continue.... I am eventually going to get a zero turn ( one of those Bad Boy riders ) lol
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[ncff07]

That would be nice it would cut down on mowing time. Not sure about cub cadets now they used to be good but my neighbor has one that's about 3 years old and the deck spindles had to be replaced last summer. He borrowed my Craftsman till he got the $$ to fix it said it was over $500 just for those. I have noticed on the newer mowers some say how many CC it is instead of HP and if my assumptions are right the CC engines are foreign made junk and those with the HP is a B&S engine. Reviews I read said the foreign engines were crap and not worth bringing home.

 

[Calvin]

The push mowers I used in the past had bag catchers and had a bar that runs the blade. Once you release a bar the blade stops and you can unload the bag and reload. Never reach hand into the mower blade area for grasses... once emptied the bag and just use the mower to pick up those grasses like vacuum.

 

[Angel1989]

There have been just a couple times when I mowed our lawn. Use to do it more but then I got sick. Holding the two levers down was really hard for me. I guess my hands are not big enough. There is one lever to keep the mower running and another to make it go forward. When you stop it just kills the engine. The lawn looked like crap when I was done, no nice patterns with me mowing.

 

[femme Fatale]

Makes you wonder about their common sense. Doesn't anyone know not to insert their hands or feet into a mower intake? Did the woman overlook any warning stickers like this one?

 

[radioman]

push mowers, riding mowers, scuts, cuts, large tractors all have safety switches now a days . If you bypassed them because of inconvenience, then its all your own fault.

 

[diehardbiker]

Yeah, I took the risk took off all safety shit from my lawn tractor. That is because it is impossible to diagnosis whats ****in wrong with the tractor when having too many interconnected safety switch. Took off all of them, bam problem solved and I decided it is cheaper to buy batter contained jumper for jumpstart the car, used that on tractor to start. Why? Lets do the math, the lawn tractor battery cost about 60 dollars and only last 2, maybe 3 years that is it, while that battery contained jumper is a dry cell, would last up to 10 years for 90 bucks. Been doing this for about 10 years.

push mowers, riding mowers, scuts, cuts, large tractors all have safety switches now a days . If you bypassed them because of inconvenience, then its all your own fault.

 

[diehardbiker]

Yeah, I took the risk took off all safety shit from my lawn tractor. That is because it is impossible to diagnosis whats ****in wrong with the tractor when having too many interconnected safety switches. Took off all of them, bam problem solved and I decided it is cheaper to buy batter contained jumper for jumpstart the car, used that on tractor to start. Why? Lets do the math, the lawn tractor battery cost about 60 dollars and only last 2, maybe 3 years that is it, while that battery contained jumper is a dry cell, would last up to 10 years for 90 bucks. Been doing this for about 10 years.

Older model, I think 1990 or earlier don't have any safety feature on lawn mower or tractors.