When looking at children aged 14 years and under the most common circumstance was getting burned from touching the hot motor or exhaust, at nearly a third of cases in that age group (Table 2).

The most common circumstance of injury among all ages was the operator cutting their hand or foot (including traumatic amputation) under a mower that was turned on (Table 1). The eCHIRPP database was also searched for records with direct cause or factor codes for unpowered, powered walk-behind or ride-on lawn mowers, and lawn mowers that were not specifically classified as powered or unpowered. The French key words and phrases were searched as well. These included incidents where patients’ description of what went wrong contained the following key words and phrases: lawnmower, lawn mower, mowing, cutting grass, cutting the grass or cutting the lawn. The numbers below are taken from an analysis of CHIRPP’s electronic database (eCHIRPP).Īn extract of the eCHIRPP database was searched for records of unintentional lawn mower-related injuries which happened on or after April 1, 2011. The Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) is an injury and poisoning surveillance system currently operating in the emergency departments of 11 paediatric and 7 general hospitals across Canada. Despite safety recommendations and the availability of protective clothing and equipment, lawn mower-related injuries still happen to people of all ages. Mowing the lawn is a routine, three season outdoor task for many people in Canada. Lawn mower-related injuries Published: ( ) You’re reading our Data Blogs, a great way of getting quick facts, and the latest data, on different public health topics.

Cut fingers with lawnmower