Injuries Are Common While Working on the Lawn

When it comes to lawn care, most homeowners take care of their lawns themselves. Those who can afford it may hire someone to mow and maintain their lawns. Lawn care is essential, otherwise, you'll end up living in a jungle.

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When working on the lawn most people don't expect to get injured however, it happens more than you think. Most people have small injuries, those that occur when your lawnmower or weedeater, throws debris and it hits you causing cuts or bruises. Those working on their lawns don't experience life-threatening injuries.

Most people who work on their lawns have been doing this for more than 15 years and got their lawn start as a teenager, and some before their teenage years. Those who do their lawn work, have less than a 1/4 acre of land to mow.

How Many People Injure Themselves?

While most people don't injure themselves while doing lawn work, minor injuries are treated at home with a bandaid and ointment, but at least 8% of people have injured themselves enough to have to seek medical attention. Most injuries occur while picking up debris from the lawn or heavy objects.

What is the Most Common Injury?

Cuts are the most common injury, followed by insect bites or stings. While being hit by a flying object were in the middle. Hearing damage is the least common injury but does occur in 8% of lawn injuries.

How Much Money is Spent on Lawn Care Injuries?

Less than 1% of lawn care injuries result in medical bills over $20,000, while 1% have bills over $10,000 and almost 18% have bills under $1,000. Most of these injuries do not cause any money loss.

Stay safe while doing your lawn work this weekend!

Source: LawnStarter Survey: 2024 Home Lawn Care Accidents

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How To Get Your Lawn Ready For Fall

You keep up with it all summer long; the watering, the seeding, fertilizing, mowing, raking - it seems like a never ending chore that's thankless at its core. Maybe that's why at the first sign of colored leaves on the trees and falling temperatures, many quickly give up the task of lawn care.

And who could blame those who abandon lawn care right after Labor Day and the start of school; cutting the grass isn't really fun to begin with and those extra steps needed to ensure a green and lush lawn (fertilizer, thatching) are just more work than many care to put in.

But totally ignoring your lawn during the fall isn't the best choice of action - especially if you want a nice looking one come spring.

Thankfully, fall lawn care isn't all that much different from what you've been doing all summer long. Here are some good tips to get your lawn ready for to hibernate during winter and press back into shape once springtime rolls around.

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