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These 23 People Endured the Worst Kitchen Injuries

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I was pouring off boiling water from pasta into a colander when the phone rang. I meant to just turn my head to see who was calling, but ended up turning my upper body too – while still pouring. I ended up with two big burns on my thigh, one about three inches long and one that trailed almost to my knee. The scars were there for a couple of year.

15.

Right after I started dating my wife, I decided to make a really hot version of stuffed peppers. After a long and gloveless session cutting up serrano and jalepenos peppers, I decided I needed to go to the little boys room. Before watching my hands. Needless to say I suffered in silence as I didn’t want to tell my eventual wife that my crotch was burning.

16.

I almost sliced the pad off my finger with my chef’s knife. It wasn’t even while cooking. Someone left the knife in a sink full of soapy water. I had no idea it was there until I found it with my finger. The crappy thing is that it was on my dominant hand. It was very hard to function for awhile.

17.

Hit my head on a sheet pan right from the oven=burn on forehead

18.

Nearing the end of a double shift which I was covering fry/pantry/special orders for banquet. Wasn’t feeling well and was making my way off the line and I passed out and face planted into the french door oven, also got my hand trying to push myself away. Nasty burn on my entire cheek and part of my hand, surprisingly the face healed pretty quick with minimal scarring, the hand lingered. Filed the paperwork, drank an oj and had a sandwich, and finished the shift up.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.