Workman's Comp!

[NightAngel]

Just kidding.

I am, and always have been, a bit of a klutz. Just to prove this I managed to shut the safe door on my fingers last night.

Can you say OWWWWWW!!!?

It hurt so bad I cried. I didn't even cry when I broke my ankle.
My fingers are stiff and slightly swollen today but surprisingly unbruised.
I thought last night that I might lose the fingernail on my middle finger because it was bloody all the way around and looked a bit askew. Today though it seems to be solidly attatched and back in place- maybe it just looked weird from the swelling/blood last night.

For the record I do not recommend trying this stunt yourself. I am a professional klutz with many years experience.

[Teysa]

Ouch! That almost hurts just reading about it. Hope your fingers get to feeling better soon.

As far as being a klutz goes though, I probably qualify as a professional too. At least I have the scars to prove it. We won't mention the number of times I've managed to burn myself on the shrink wrapper, jam my fingers in the case doors, get cut by the king crab leg spines, or get burnt by the steamer. None of these have required a visit to the emergency room or anything like that, but they still really hurt.

[lordlundar]

No, you're not eligible for workman's comp. It's labeled as "self inflicted stupidity."

[Broomjockey]

Ooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww. I hurt all over just THINKING about that. You might want to be careful for the next few days in case there's a minor fracture or something that will take time to show itself

[XCashier]

I am, and always have been, a bit of a klutz. Just to prove this I managed to shut the safe door on my fingers last night.

Can you say OWWWWWW!!!?

Yikes, just reading that hurts!

It hurt so bad I cried.

Not surprising; fingers and hands are very sensitive. And delicate. Definitely keep an eye out for a possible fracture, like Broomjockey suggested. And write up the incident for work, even if they don't cover it.

and hot chocolate!

[smileyeagle1021]

ok, just because i'm anal, it's technically "workers comp" and has been for several years now because "workmans comp" wasn't PC...
anyway, ouch that sounds like it hurt

[powerboy]

You still might want to fill it out, just incase. That is what my last factory job told me after I bumped my toe. I didn't know it at the time that I had an in-grown toe nail, it was just starting out. I bumped that toe and it push it in even farther. When I told the company about it, they had me fill out the paper work and sent me to the Dr. It was there, that I found out I had one. In the end, the company had paid to get the In-grown toe nail out.

[NightAngel]

...because "workmans comp" wasn't PC...

I've really never cared for "Politically Correct" terms. It seems like they change everyday and I just don't care.

I'm a woman- I call it Workman's Comp just like I always have and I'm okay with that.

[Hobgoblin]

Just kidding.

I am, and always have been, a bit of a klutz. Just to prove this I managed to shut the safe door on my fingers last night.

I work for the same company as you (well, sister company) and I know exactly what the safe looks like and just how heavy that door is. I can't imagine getting a finger caught in there. It's sending shivers up my spin just thinking about it.

And not the good kind of shivers either.

[Emrld]

I am sorry that you have injured yourself.

I hope that it heals quickly, easily, and properly.

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

if nothing's broken, ruptured, or torn, it's not an injury, and I won't be doing any paperwork


but slamming fingers hurts, and safe doors are heavy, sounds like it's a good thing it wasn't just one finger, closest I've been to that was running out the door with gloves on, so my fingers didn't clear the door all the way to the door knob, and when I ran(yes ran, there was a snowball fight) out the door with my hand on the door my middle 3 fingers somehow got caught in the door(it was a couple years ago I don't remember the details) and the middle one swelled up and i had to get a hole burnt in my fingernail to let the blood out, then the fingernail fell off(with some assistance from me)

[bainsidhe]

Owie. Closest I've come to this is shutting my pinky toe in the car door. Don't enter a car shoeless, is all I have to say. It took almost a minute before I could bring my shaking hands to open the door handle and get my toe out of the door jam. Only reason it didn't cause damage is because I was about 6 and my toe was little.

[Ghengis51]

owie

once at my part time job I was working with the movable walls. The one had popped out of place and I went to put it back. The easiest (not the smartest) way to do this is by opening the door in the middle of the wall and holding the door frame and the edge of the wall and force it into place. Well the door shut right across the nail of my middle finger. It hurt so bad, and I had to still haul tables for another 3 hours with it.

[Shabo]

I got numerous cuts and scrapes on my hands while working, but never anything serious. The worst thing I ever got was when I got bit by a small animal while cleaning cages. I went to the office for a bandaid so I wouldn't bleed all over the nice clean glass, and my manager was going to have me fill out an accident report. Now, I understand, these things can get infected, but it was from (probably) a hamster... it wasn't like it was a cat! Cat bites can get *really* nasty because of the bacteria in their mouth.

[Geek King]

I got numerous cuts and scrapes on my hands while working, but never anything serious. The worst thing I ever got was when I got bit by a small animal while cleaning cages. I went to the office for a bandaid so I wouldn't bleed all over the nice clean glass, and my manager was going to have me fill out an accident report. Now, I understand, these things can get infected, but it was from (probably) a hamster... it wasn't like it was a cat! Cat bites can get *really* nasty because of the bacteria in their mouth.

Any bite, including human bites, can be bad if it breaks the skin. Everything that uses teeth to chew (or tear) with have particles in the mouth and saliva that makes infection more likely. Fill it out next time, just in case.