Lawn Mower Rollover Accidents
Lawn mower accidents can leave devastating injuries and even death. The sad fact is that many of those accidents were preventable with the installation of safety features such as a Roll-Over Protective Structure, or ROPS, which is a system of bar frames made to provide an area of operator safety should a rollover happen. Kentucky Lawn Mower Accident Attorneys can tell you if you have legal rights after a lawn mower rollover. Lawn mower manufacturers often times do not sell mowers with ROPS already installed even though the importance of this safety feature is known. Consumers have to have ROPS installed themselves either by requesting installation when they are purchasing the mower or at a later date. There is an estimate of 80,000 emergency room trips because of lawn mower accidents every year with about 10,000 injuries to children. Lawn mower injuries can include:
- Injuries to the eyes and even blindness
- Severe lacerations
- Infections from cuts
- Brain injuries
- Back or spinal cord injuries; possible paralysis
- Damage to tendons or muscles
- Serious burns
- Crush injuries; fractured bones
- Lacerations to internal organs
- Damage to veins or arteries; excessive blood loss or hemorrhage
- Heart damage; blood surrounding the heart
- Collapsed lungs
- Mutilation of fingers, hands, toes or feet
- Amputation of extremities; disfigurement
- Severe pain and shock
- Death
As a victim of a lawn mower injury, it is hard to realize that the accident could have more than likely been prevented had lawn mower manufacturers just spent a little bit more to include standard safety features on their product such as an NMIR switch (no mow in reverse), rollover protection systems or safety measures for blades. Riding mowers especially are prone to rollovers when turning sharply, driving on embankments, steep inclines or uneven surfaces. When these heavy machines tip over, crush injuries can occur while blades still rotating can tear up body parts causing traumatic injuries or even death. Some mowers do not have an NMIR switch which has caused many injuries to children when mowers back up over small children who could not be seen. A Kentucky Lawn Mower Accident Attorneys will tell you if the manufacturer may be liable for your injuries.
Kentucky Lawn Mower Accident Attorneys
Our experienced Kentucky Lawn Mower Accident Attorneys know that most all lawn mower accidents could have been prevented. We will work together with safety experts to figure out if any important features were missing that should have been on the mower or if the mower was defective. We will thoroughly investigate your case to determine who was at fault for your injury so that you can gain the financial resources to cover your expenses from the accident.
