The bad thing was she didn't send me to the ER or anything. She just applied a butterfly bandage on it and said to keep it dry and told me to go back to the line. Yeah, that's the chicken business for ya. They don't like those lost time accident reports - makes the company look bad.Put you out for the whole season? I bet you were upset with yourself for trying to catch the door, too!
The knives remind of the time I was working at a poultry processor and I managed to jab a 6 inch breast knife through my hand. It went through my glove, my hand guard, my liner and my hand and out the other side. I didn't scream or anything I just stood there in shock and I instinctively pulled the knife back out and threw it on the floor and pulled my glove off. When I did, blood was just oozing down my arm. About that time a line foreman saw it and started screaming, GO TO THE NURSE GO TO THE NURSE. I was like, uhm, ok. So I calmly walked to the nurses station. It didn't hurt until she poured alcohol in it.The bad thing was she didn't send me to the ER or anything. She just applied a butterfly bandage on it and said to keep it dry and told me to go back to the line. Yeah, that's the chicken business for ya. They don't like those lost time accident reports - makes the company look bad.
"because the doctors said it would "help" my hearing... hahaha... not in the slightest) " That is really funny. That had to hurt like hell having stitches on your eye. I am glad you did not lose your eye sight , did you keep on taking flute lessons after that?
I was just three. I think he used some kind of thin hot metal to burn hole in toe nail.
I have also sewed fabric to the webbing between my thumb and forefinger at the sewing machine. I was 8, brother was 12 and I thought he was going to pass out. He freaked, broke out in tears and called mom at work.