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I have hit my left thumb with chisels TWICE. First time I was very tired, inexperienced, and stupid. Trying to pare down a groove in a piece of jarrah, it was very hard, so to grip better I put my hand in front. That one hurt a lot. Got shots, had to go to hospital to get the wound disinfected and 3 stitches.
Second time I was chopping a mortise, caught my thumb on removing the chisel and sliced it open. Not quite so bad that time, just used steristrips and bandages.
Every time I talk about chiseling now, SWMBO winces.
That said the most painful work related injury I’ve had was cutting my hand open on a broken piece of laminate at tafe. Laminate is terrible stuff.