Accidents

[Tim-Gabz]

Years since I have cut myself. Managed digits and knees for the most part. But I have learnt to jump and put bandaid onto my knuckles before using the beltsander so I don't need it later (wife's idea).

 

[EDCeeker]

Some people are not very smart...and they don't listen.
...
I guess some people don't comprehend what SHARP means.

Which is why I've decided to follow the practice somebody else here (or in The Other Knife Forum) wrote in a thread on a similar topic, a few months ago: I'll not loan my knife to anybody who does not, him- or herself, own and use sharp knives. This must be personal knowledge on my part, not some vague claim on theirs.

I know only maybe five people that qualify. Six, with my wife included.

 

[puukkoman]

I've heard that also happens with hacky sack players, but they try to "catch" falling objects with their knees and feet.

Confirmed.
(Yes, I had too much time on my hands and went to too many hippie festivals. )
I have a nice scar on my left knee, and a couple on my feet. It's not so bad when I drop a cell phone, and I pop it back up into my hands without it hitting the ground (or at the very least break it's fall so it lands from a dropped height of about 6 inches, as opposed to 3 or 4 feet). But when it's a knife, bad news.

 

[EDCeeker]

Confirmed.
(Yes, I had too much time on my hands and went to too many hippie festivals. )

With me, it was a short stint skydiving. The skydivers where I went played hacky-sack a lot between jumps or when they were just hangin' out at the field. (ISTR being told at the time that's traditional.)

I have a nice scar on my left knee, and a couple on my feet. It's not so bad when I drop a cell phone, and I pop it back up into my hands without it hitting the ground (or at the very least break it's fall so it lands from a dropped height of about 6 inches, as opposed to 3 or 4 feet). But when it's a knife, bad news.

You know, I've more than once moved a knee or foot to slow or stop something falling to the ground. It never occurred to me that was a result of playing hacky-sack. It also never occurred to me the implications of doing that, coupled with sharp knives. Hmmm...

 

[deputy tom]

I just wound up with a couple of good cuts last month.ER visit and stitches,etc. Just remember the more you are exposed to an enviornment the better the chance of a miss-hap.If you don't own a gun,knife, car, you lower the chance of shooting yourself,cutting yourself,or driving yourself off of a bridge.But if you play with your guns,knives,and drive your car the more you do it the better the chance of having the miss-hap.It's in the odds.tom.

 

[docdredd]

Some people are not very smart...and they don't listen.

While in Iraq, we had a detail to cut up sections of old firehose for use as bumper material. One of my privates said as he was pulling out his knife, "I guess it's time to saw this F*** in half." I gave him my blade and said, be careful it's sharp. We ended up taking him to the medics and having 4 of 5 fingers on his left hand stitched up.

I guess some people don't comprehend what SHARP means.

hey man were you at war eagle i remember sewing up a dude that did somthing like that !
doc silas

 

[Kiltedshooter]

After a box cutter incident, I now jump back from falling objects. I dropped a S&W 642 once - only gun I've ever dropped and I just watched it fall - and hit the ground with the barrel pointing at me (...) and after I stopped shaking I realized I was very glad I had jumped back. firing pin disconnects are a good thing - same goes with knives. I've never owned a knife that was worth $2000 in stitches.

 

[hardheart]

my thumb is currently wrapped with a band-aid and extra tape after playing around with a 12" blade I had just finished stropping. It slipped when I was doing a grip change, and I really thought I could grab it again on the rotation. Well, when the sharp part is 2 1/2 times longer than the safe part...

 

[LRJ35A]

I cut myself to some degree every 2 weeks or so in the BBQ Shop.....

3 months ago I didn't get along very well with a meat-slicing machine, it took 3/8" of the tip of my index finger OFF..$800 E.R bill, 98% of finger grew back