Beware of your backyard this weekend - nearly a third of all Labour weekend injury claims last year were from people who fell over in the garden or on the garden path.
ACC yesterday also revealed the percentage of people injured while gardening last Labour Weekend was double that of
the rest of the year.
More than 100 people tripped on steps, 36 fell off a ladder and 15 people were injured mowing the lawn. Green-fingered women aged 40-44 and 50-54 were most likely to take a tumble.
ACC's insurance and prevention services manager Keith McLea urged people to take extra care doing jobs at home or in the garden if they wanted to see the All Blacks play France in the Rugby World Cup final this weekend - there were no big-screen televisions in hospital emergency departments.
But there's more - 1100 working-age people were injured in falls at home last Labour weekend.
