600 die yearly doing home improvement projects

DIY handymen are costing hundreds of millions of dollars in medical bills by putting up wobbly scaffolds, touching live wires and shooting themselves in the hands and feet with nail guns. The traditional weekend activity is turning the home into the most dangerous place to be, new Accident Compensation Corporation figures show. Middle-aged handymen often had ?just enough tools to get themselves into trouble, but not enough tools to get themselves out of it?. --< a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10595342">More