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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

When I was a kid we lived in Connecticut and had a very steep hill in the back yard. Great for tobogganing, not so great for mowing. Dad slipped one day and his foot went under the mower. Sliced off the side of his big toe. I didn't see it and only became really aware of it years later when every once in awhile he'd be pulling stitches out of his toe. The skin graft they put on didn't look all that pretty believe me, but it worked.
My lawn mowing days are over but I always wore at least good tennis shoes when mowing, never sandals. And yes, weed whacking with shorts on does tend to mess up your legs if you aren't wearing long pants.

When my dad was a teen, he wanted to go out, but his dad told him that he had to mow before he could go out. So as a teen, he was mowing pissed off, and pulled the mower back over the end of his foot. He was very lucky that all that got cut off was the top of the toe of his shoes. So even good tennis shoes are not necessarily that safe.