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On Friday, May 17th 2013, my brother-in-law was home from work attempting to fix the garbage disposal. It had been stuck for several days. This particular model came with an allen wrench opening to aide in adjusting speed and, as my brother-in-law guessed, to also get the disposal unstuck. One would assume not only did he turn the garbage disposal off but also turn off the breaker to ensure the disposal would not turn on while being worked on. Not only did my brother-in-law NOT turn off the breaker, he left the disposal switch "on" so he could tell when he successfully got the whirling blades unstuck. Oh he got the blades unstuck...and they spun the allen wrench through his first two knuckles on his left hand. (Picture of X-ray available!) He drove himself to the hospital and received no lasting damage to his fingers.

Submitted on 05/20/2013

Submitted by: Christy
Reference: Personal Account -- Family

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Bruce said:
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He left the disposal on so he'd know when it got unstuck? I guess he figured the rest of you would know it was unstuck by the screams or the spurting blood so that you could turn it off for him. Thanks, Christy, for an example of blatant stupidity at its finest!

Candi said:
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He. did. WHAT!? Thanks Christy!

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