Mostly from burns, once or twice from a slipped knife.

There are two cooking incidents that ocme to mind.

One was chopping a sweet pepper and cutting the side of my knucle, instead. I still have a scar.

The other was a nasty mandolin accident that shaved down a fingernail, and cut into the cuticle. After a might stack of bandages, that cut healed pretty much invisibly.

Yes. Funny how this is brought up since I injured myself three times in the past week, and two while opening cans!

First time I was opening a can of tuna, and sliced the tip of my pointer finger. It's healing over nicely

Second one was on Thursday when I was grating cheese for some mac and cheese and ended up grating my right thumb knuckles. Ouch! That hurt. Had to cook with a bleeding thumb. Washed it out, wrapped my knuckle in a paper towel and kept right on going. Bandaids were too far away upstairs.

Third happened on Saturday. I was opening a can of Pumpkin Puree for pumpkin cheese cake (already had all my ingredients out) when I sliced the area between my left thumb and pointer finger. Deep. Bleed for about 1/2 an hour and for a while I thought I needed stiches. My fiance bandaged me up. I did manage to finish baking the cheese cake one handed and everyone loved it Hand ached and bled through the bandaids until Sunday tho.

Both of my hands are covered in bandaids now. War wounds from the kitchen.

I was trying to take the pit out of a ripe avocado, the tip of the knife went into my palm - I had to pull it out of my palm, the size of the scar doesn't compare to the pain of that one!

Many other burns and cuts that are typical when working in a restaurant kitchen!

I recently became the one who cooks dinner in the family so I am getting a lot of the beginner cook injuries. Burns from oil splatter, touching hot pans before they have cooled, cutting myself while chopping, etc.

aside from many oven door arm burns, let's just say i gave new meaning to the term "hand blender" and practically sliced the tip of my left pointer finger off (needed 5 stitches and went almost to the bone). i have a nasty lumpy scar and it's still a little numb (it's been years...and yes, lesson learned).

I have burned my self on the oven a couple of times, and have a couple of nice scars to show for it. Also, two weeks ago my hand slipped when using the mandolin slicer and I lost part of the tip of my thumb.

Bella, that avocado story made me shiver. Awful!

Just burns for me... from the oven, boiling water and oil.

Much to the amusement of everyone I know, I injure myself almost every time I step into the kitchen. My arms and upper body (don't ask) are covered with burn scars, and my hand with the ones from cuts.

My biggest enemy in the kitchen is my mandoline... One time I cut off so much of my finger that I had to call a friend to talk to me on the phone, to make sure I didn't pass out.

My knife slipped while cutting an onion and left a really big cut on my middle finger. And just last night I was cooking some fish and somehow hot oil splashed all over my chest and arm. I was lucky I was wearing a sweatshirt, but it still got my forearm.

OUCH! Bellaraquela now you have an awesome battle wound! But man I couldn't imagine the pain of stabbing my palm.

Oven burn on forearm; waffle iron burn on thumb; a series of grater knuckle nicks; fingertips scalded. Mmm...

hahahaha. nearly every time i cook i hurt myself. i'm a klutz, especially in the kitchen!

Once I sliced my thumb open on my mandolin, but the most notable time was when I lost control of a pot of pasta I was draining, and poured it all over the last three fingers of my left hand. I had second degree burns that didn't fully heal for about a month and hurt like hell for a good two weeks. Not to mention looking completely terrifying under the bandage.

Mostly grating my knuckles, but I have sliced into my fingers a few times and burned my thumb really badly once. The scar finally faded but yikes!

Burns and cuts mainly, but one time I accidentally put my hand through a broken bottle at a restaurant where I worked. I had a sliver of glass stuck in my finger for a day or two.

I have a bad burn on my upper thigh from a cookie sheet that I got over the summer. Such a strange place, I know! I taught cooking at a summer camp this past summer and our dress code didn't allow us to wear anything but shorts.

I had a pan of individual pizzas the kids had made that day in my hand, and one of the boys in the class (who was ALWAYS bouncing around and acting out!) decided to jump up and run past me to stare at the slushie machine. If I hadn't jerked the pan back into my own leg, the kid would have gotten burnt - and even thought it wouldn't have been my fault I would SO have gotten fired for that! (We refer to my job as 'camp kiss-your-ass', because it's so expensive that the kids are allowed to do literally anything they want.)

It's actually rare that I DON'T cut or burn myself while cooking. Sigh.

I constantly burn myself in the stupidest of ways. Usually it involves a hot pot that I have taken out of the oven only minutes before, that I forget is hot and then grab the handle. I do it pretty much every time.

We, my ill-fated friends, are the true cooks! I'm bleeding, its ok, just let me finish up this steak. Oh, that bullet wound, no I'm going to the hospital, just need to put the frosting on the cake.

Like being afraid to scream when you slice yourself open accidentally, because you are afraid the souffle might fall,lol.

Too many times to count! The most memorable are when I pulled my hand out of the oven and somehow stuck the back of my hand right to the top element (memorable because it stunk reeeeally bad) and a few months ago when I was cutting lemons & limes at work and sliced off a bit of the tip of my finger (memorable because it bled for 6+ hours, and because I left work early!).

I burn my fingertips so frequently they're pretty much giant calluses by now

nothing serious just random small cuts and burns over the years

i cut my finger once while chopping an onion and i have a lovely scar on my hand from taking toast out of the oven — i don't have a toaster!

I cut my finger 'cause I was trying to saw through a green pepper with a knife that was really dull. Not dull enough to keep me from hurting myself though! It was right under my fingernail too, where the skin is all sensitive. Ick. Took almost a month to heal.

Cut myself dozens of times, grated my finger/knuckles, burns, etc.

I've burned myself several times, but the worst burn was when I was pouring boiling water for tea and it splashed all over my hand and gave me some huge blisters and a scar. I've also cut myself a few times...the worst time was when I was slicing some pork with a sharp knife and the knife slid and landed in my thumb, splitting it neatly down the middle through the nail. Strangely, it didn't really hurt THAT bad, but it sure did bleed a lot. I went to the ER, but because of how it got cut, I had to get tape sutures instead of actual stitches. I still have a scar from that one!

I had to stop reading this thread because the descriptions of injuries were seriously making me queasy. I've had your run of the mill injuries... cut my fingers with knives, grated my fingers on the box grater, burns from spattering whatever or (better yet) touching my fingers to the oven racks or (even better!) the inside roof of the oven. That last one caused a fairly sizable burn on my forearm, but now that I'm looking for it, it looks like it's all healed up... I thought I'd have a scar from that for good!

I'm a kitchen klutz for sure... but my most memorable injury was from a hand mixer.

I finished whipping cream and wanted to see if it was sweet enough by wiping my finger on the moving blades - I just figured they'd whip past but instead they grabbed my index finger and it got caught between them. Fingers should never be bent that way and it hurt like crazy to try to pull them out of the mixer because there's no "reverse" function.

Ouch!!!

My best are these:

-3rd degree (yep a REAL 3rd degree) burn on my wrist about the size of a quarter from a roux splattering me when someone dumped the meat into the pot I was stirring. I tried to wipe/scrape it off and by the time I made it to the sink, damage was done. Later had it explained that the combo of grease and flour acted like a messed up kitchen napalm effectively. I immediately developed a blister at least half an inch + high and it was a deep black/grey. (It was pretty gross) took forever to heal and I have a huge raised scar. Almost needed a skin graft but it was decided it was small enough to leave it heal.

-Other was with a cake leveler. I've had tons of kitchen knife cuts (did the tip of the finger. Not that bad looking back) but I full force rammed my fist into a brand new very sharp cake leveler (basically a really sharp thin bread knife blade) rolling out fondant. The blade sliced through my pinky straight to the bone. My first and only stitches!

I am a chef (soon to be tv chef) I have permanent reminders of two of my most spectacular kitchen injuries:
1. Huge scar from upper thigh to knee from splashing bacon grease.
2. The scar on the tip of my middle finger. It was about 8pm on a Saturday night; full-on dinner rush. I reached for a towel on the cooking line, which some fool (guess who?) had placed over a recently-used meat knife. As I grabbed the towel, the point of the knife went deep into the tip of my middle finger. I could feel it hit the bone. I tried to no avail to stem the bleeding enough to continue. A good friend owned the restaurant, and it was the middle of Saturday night's service. He and I both were torn between me trying to stick it out, and the knowledge that the cut was too deep and the possibility of infection too great not to go to the hospital. Of course, I spent 2 hours in the ER waiting to be seen, because obviously I wasn't going to die. I felt horrible, because I had to abandon my friend's kitchen when he needed me most. The restaurant survived, but needless to say I am much more careful with towels and knives on the line.

When I was in school (culinary) this kid put a HOT pot on the sink board without saying anything...I was washing dishes and grabbed it, not knowing, and gave myself a fantastic burn...across the palm of my hand and all of my finger prints. I didn't have any finger prints on my right hand for a good 3 months.
A few weeks ago at work, I was dicing tomatoes and slipped and cut off my index fingernail. It's growing back okay, but MAN it HURT so bad for the first few days!! I totally understand the point of fingernails now! lol

i cut my finger peeling a mango was my worst..

I have a scar on my foot where I dropped a knife and didn't get out of the way in time. It was a lesson to me not to wear flip-flops in the kitchen!

im clumsy so i get hurt often

Is a frog's butt water-tight?

Like most, I've had my run-ins with knives and burns. As a teen and while working in a cafe, I once miscalculated a grab while on the line and stuck the fingers of my right hand into the hot oil well. No scars or damage, though. My "favorite" happened several years ago when I was all set to puree a still very warm batch of tomato soup in the blender. I evidently contracted a severe case of dumbass-itus, and for whatever reason, failed to put the lid on the appliance. Tomato soup all over me and the kitchen. Thankfully, this was something that a little quality time with a cold shower was able to solve! My pride, well, that was another issue entirely!

I was cutting butternut squash last year and cut down into my thumb from the top through the fingernail. It was gross, but it healed up and the nail grew back

is this even a question?lol i dont know a time i havent injured myself while cooking

I get the usual cuts & burns weekly. The most painful cut I've gotten was from a wine bottle foil. It somehow managed to slice deeply into the base of my thumb.

I'm accident prone anyway but three Thanksgivings ago when I was hosting, the below all happened during the three days prior to the big day...

On Monday I dropped 8lb weight on my toe, thought I broke it but put ice on it and limped along anyway.

On Tues, I was chopping veggies while trying to keep the weight off of my swollen foot and cut almost cut the corner of my left thumb off, sending me to urgent care. Insistent that these small injuries wouldn't get the better of me, I took the Tylenol Codeine 3 the doc gave me and soldiered on.

On Weds, I was making pies and seriously burned my right hand with red hot boiling caramel, necessitating a visit to the burn center. After trading up to two 750mg Vicodin ES tablets the burn doc gave me, I figured a good nights sleep was all I needed to host Thanksgiving dinner the next day.

On Thurs morning, I woke up stoned out of my gourd yet still in agonizing pain. Called Mom and had her come over to finish cooking my dinner. Don't remember much of Thanksgiving Day after that.

I've burnt myself while in a hurry to take something out of the oven. But I rarely have anything happen.

I've burned my forearms like a million times. Once I was reaching over the little pass through to grab some ramen my mom was handing me and I put my entire forearm on the toaster oven, which was on. My mom stayed up all night blowing on my arm because that was the only way I wasn't in incredible pain. I also have second degree burn scars from trying to use my left hand around hot pans. The worst part is they were pretty close together and happened pretty close together in time. I should learn that it is not coordinated.

The most spectacular but least painful was when I dropped an entire hot pizza cheese side down on my arm. It was an incredibly delicious pizza de thon so we flipped the pizza over and ate around the arm mark. It was mostly first degree, and the pizza was still tasty.

Just from splatter burns

One time I was trying to open a frozen meat package with a knife and stabbed myself directly in the center of my hand... and now will forever have a huge scar from the gash - it was really really bad, I could see all the way down... yea I won't give any more details.

Just now. Again. But this was very stupid because I was overwrought over a man who thought I was too old to date. Sigh. So, I bought a piece of steak (trying for the perfect carné asada recipe), heated up some oil, and THREW the meat into the pan. The hot oil splattered all over the underside of my left wrist, which may keep me off the computer (typing hurts!) and I'll forever remember that man if it scars.

Now, if he hadn't wanted to date me because I was immature, I could've seen that.

Well... there was the time I got kiwi fuzz stuck in my hand which caused much swelling and redness... an incident with a ceramic mandolin blade that should have been much worse but luckily it only sliced off a callous and some fingernail... chopped off the area between my first joints and bottom of the fingernail on 3 fingers at once because I was using a brand new knife and well I knew it was sharp but not THAT sharp... stabbed myself in the palm of the hand with a paring knife that someone had placed in my dishwasher point up after a party (WHY???)... dropped a pyrex bowl handle-down on the top of my foot because someone just HAD to get past me in the small kitchen and couldn't wait for me to get a better grip on it... and I'm sure numerous other slices and bang-ups.