[CoriolisSTORM]

eh... Dumbest: We just got a ceramic top stove in our new house, and being the old fashioned kid I was at the time, I thought to myself, "There's no way a damn stove is gonna tell me when I can touch it and when I cant." Well, the "Hot Surface" light was on, and I figured ya know, why not touch it and prove that you are mightier than technology. So, I did, and I figured out, that the light had a purpose, I was not smarter than technology, and that I was a wuss. It took me all of less than a half a second to snatch my hand away from it.
Best: (Non doctor caused that is, I got one for that too, and nasty scars from it.) Its another burn one (see a pattern? I like to touch things I shouldn't.) Anyway, I had just gotten done machining a part in a milling machine. I was using a face cutter, and didn't expect the part to get that hot since I wasn't cutting very much off (about ten thousandths) I'd been welding the entire week before, so I was used to touching hot things with leather welding gloves on ya know? So, I get done with it, take it out of the vice uneventfully, and then see this burr that is stuck on it. I proceed to remove it WITH MY BARE RIGHT HAND whilst holding it in my left hand. Turns out, the burr got hotter than the surrounding metal, seared, and stuck my pointer, middle finger, and thumb to it, and was still sizzling from my flesh stuck to it after I snatched my fingers (or what remained of them) away. What sticks in my mind the most was the sizzling sound after I removed my hand from it. That was about 2 months ago, and I am just now getting finger prints and feeling back in those fingers. That sucked big time. I am right handed, so it sucked to even write for a while. I just took it, ran some cold water over it, waited until the end of the day, went home, and put some bandaids and aloe vera on it. I see a pattern with me and hot things.

[KUK9]

Broke my right femur skitching. If you don't know what that is, it's basically holding on to a moving vehicle with skates on your feet.

We were coming back from water skiing for the day, and the lake has a long access road to it. While we drove the access road, we let the boat drain, and while we were driving, I would always skate the access road, and occassionaly hold on to the car to keep my speed up. This time, I had pulled myself up to the driver side window, and was talking to the driver. I saw another vehicle coming towards us, so I came over and just put my hand on the door to keep my speed. Everything was fine until my right foot caught a rock in the road and kicked my leg out from under me. That caused me to fall underneath of the wheels of the Ford Bronco (OJ style), and then by the boat trailer. The Bronco tire went across my butt (you could see the tire marks clearly), and the boat went over my right thigh. Since the boat didn't have shocks on it, it was the pure weight of it all, and it snapped my femur in two.

Nothing beats getting run over by two things at once, rolling on hot pavement, and then trying to shake it off. I thought I was ok- rolled over to sit down, looked myself over (road rash pretty good), and then tried to get up. As I tried to get up, I happen to look down, and saw my left leg come up fine, but only from my mid thigh on my right leg came up with me- the rest was still lying on the ground. I figured it was best I sit back down and wait for the ambulance.

[03XJeep]

When I was a kid I got mad at my mom and took off on my bike down the hill beside my house. My dog ran out in front of me and I flipped head first over him and landed on my head in the gravel. They had to acutally pull rocks from my head. It was pretty ugly.

[Matt Gertsch]

Then there was the time that I was popping wheelies on a pocket bike at 30 or 35 mph trying to show off for my wife. I was a little drunk, and I came off of the back of it and broke my tail bone. That got me hooked on Vicodin and Darvocet, which took the better part of two years to kick.

[TopThrillJoe]

when i was about 5 jumping on the bed. fell off and landed on my sisters barbie house breaking my FACE

[Sporer65]

I broke my collar bone when I flipped a Honda 4wheeler back on top of me. It was still running on it's wheels and fine. I then had to ride it 8 miles on the trails back out and then wait for my little brother to finish riding. All I had for about 3 hours back home was two asprins. Gotta love the Honda though for still running.

[Sporer65]

Originally Posted by 03XJeep

When I was a kid I got mad at my mom and took off on my bike down the hill beside my house. My dog ran out in front of me and I flipped head first over him and landed on my head in the gravel. They had to acutally pull rocks from my head. It was pretty ugly.

My older brother had rocks stuck in his head too when he was little and he still has little indentions in his forehead.

[John in MA]

I've been lucky, not much in the way of injuries. Worst and dumbest was probably a couple years ago.

Was using a 10,000 RPM angle grinder with a 4" knotted cup brush to remove paint from an old hydraulic press I just bought. I was wearing gloves, but ones that stopped at the wrist. Like a dope I was holding the grinder with one hand and steadying the part with the left hand. The brush snagged on the work, ran sideways and up my hand, and parked itself on my wrist right above the glove.

Tore good 3x1" patch of skin out--looked like pink grated coconut. Thankfully no infections, and it missed the blood vessels. Now I have a funky patch that looks like top-grain leather.

[M.P]

My best injury was in football when I saved a play by taking 3 guys out at the same time. (the runner, the 2 blockers) I got a cuncussion. (Was the coolest thing I ever done and probably I ever done in all my football years I've played.)

My worst injury-Playing tag and ran into a metal pole and broke nose and got cuncussion.

[R. Potts]

Jeep related - I got my finger stuck in between the roller fairlead and cable on Saturday, resulting in the tip of my left index finger being severed. It was reattached with 10 stitches, and hopefully will be good as new. Attached are additional photos, look at your own risk...
The guys I was with took this shot while I was getting stitched up:


The Carnage: Taken prior to stitches (Look at own risk)
Carnage 1
Carnage 2

[SilvrWJ]

I hooked up with a girl at a fraternity house, who happened to be dating a brother there. Someone tapped my shoulder, before I could turn around I'm falling backwards over a banister 6 feet or so down onto the sidewalk. Broke my ankle, got up, tried to go back up the stairs to fight but couldn't, was dragged down the street by a friend to get a ride to the hospital.

"Mom, I'm okay, but I wanted to tell you I'm in the hospital because I broke my ankle." is always a fun phone call.

[Beefstew]

I wanna see the CARNAGE!!!!!!!!!!

[Poor Boy]

when i was 14 i broke my fibula. the break started at my ankle growth plate, and lightninged about 3/4's of the to my knee. i've taken some harder knocks since then, but now i expect it, so it's no sweat.

dumbest was about two weeks later, i was playing nintendo with my buddy and my sister shouted something from downstairs. rather than grabbing my crutches (it's only 12 feet to the stairs, where i'll be able to hear her better) i hop on one foot. i get my big toe caught, come down on it, breaking it and two others, and somehow desleeving the big one. bled like hell, and was ****ing wheelchaired for nearly half the summer.

[R. Potts]

Beefstew202 - I thought you could click the link to see the picture. Here's new links to my photobucket site. Enjoy.

(They are only camera-phone quality because i didn't think to bring a camera with me to the ER.)



Link 1

Link 2

[RnEmOvr]

6 stiches slicing an apple, do i really need to explain? BTW i was sober even