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Tue 07 Jul 2008Children at risk from lawnmowers
A SPATE of serious lawnmower accidents resulting in hand and foot amputations has prompted a leading plastic surgeon to issue a warning against giving children "spins" on ride-on mowers. Some people treat ride-on lawnmowers "like quad bikes", said consultant plastic surgeon David Orr.
Crumlin Hospital alone has treated four children who have maimed hands or feet in lawnmower-related accidents in the past 10 weeks.
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