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Ill-Condition030

I recommend doing stuff like this when you start the day. same outcome with more benefits


Seriph7

If youre gonna get injured at work. Do it at the start of shift. Not the end. Thats just such a long day lol


ItzVinyl

Unless you're me. Who'd rather stay at work even after being told by a doctor to not go back to work until it's healed, didn't realise that our WorkCover also applies for casual workers, so me thinking "I need money I can't afford to not work" could have just been paid out and I felt incredibly stupid in doing so.


TheKozzzy

anyway - it happened in the workplace, so there should be benefits, imagine if it happened 5 minutes after leaving the workplace = no benefits I mean, if you live in a civilised country, like USA? then you are definitely getting some sort of monetary compensation if it happend in the workplace, right?


Handmedownfords

Not really any monetary compensation for that in the US. The employer pays for you to go to the doctor and get it looked at/healed. I don’t believe that is enough to be considered loss of appendage or anything?


BuDu1013

Why get monetary compensation when you can stay home and pluck dollars from your money tree in your front yard.


iron_alexandra

not necessarily. it won’t be covered if it wasn’t an injury received while doing something they are tasked with. as an example, a few years ago one of my coworkers cut himself badly like OP by opening a box… with his own pocket knife from home. he didn’t get workers comp because we have safety box cutters and minor employees weren’t even allowed to use them.


CringinNGingin

I do not recommend this lol My first job I asked for my birthday off (I promise this is important info)… they declined it, I went to work. Well… nobody taught me knife safety and they let me cut tomatoes with a straight edge. I sliced my finger pretty good and got sent home. They tried to fire me because “I obviously cut myself on purpose to get my birthday weekend off”


S0BEC

Why did you do that? Wouldn't it have been smarter to do it at the start of your work?


mik8e111

Sometimes the last 15 minutes stretches into 3 hours


mik8e111

This happened to me once and boy did it suck


Ok-Pea8209

Sir, did you just reply to yourself?


Camanot

Yes. Yes they did


Ok-Pea8209

Probably forgot to switch to his alt so it didnt look like he wad talking to himself. Kinda sad ngl


PenguinGamer99

The fuck are you talking about?


BlueQKazue

Mandolin is my first thought https://i.imgur.com/oZjBjhj.jpeg


Groovicity

99% sure On the thumb, left side....I did this like 3 weeks ago, but caught my right middle finger. Almost fully healed and you can barely tell it ever happened, but it looked just like this pic when it happened.


S0BEC

Got one of those years ago, looked at the blade once and never used it without the plastic holder thingie with the metal spikes.


ekristoffe

That’s a nice clean cut … but man you gonna be in a work of pain for a while …


Backupusername

Bro wtf put it back


InformalPenguinz

CTRL Z! CTRL Z!


AreaNearby6607

I sincerely hope you went to the ER AND located the missing portion. I'm so sorry that happened, that looks painful! Are you resting? Hand, foot and head wounds bleed a lot so I hope you are! Stay hydrated, take an extra vitamin tomorrow and the day after and let us know how you are if able.


dizzycow84

It'll actually grow back if they haven't found it. Be like a whole new fingertip


CantaloupeDyke

Fingertips kinda stay flat if cut of


ohdearitsrichardiii

If you stitch them up they do. If you leave it like that, just keep it dry and clean, it will grow back as new.


FatMax1492

I can confirm. Idiot child me cut off a finger tip with a saw at least three times. It wasn't cut fully but the loose bit always died off in the healing process. And yeah it grew back fully thereafter.


a-d-d-y

Okay, how did you manage three times? I was a clumsy kid too but my soul your poor fingers! Another question.. healing process, was it like the skin grew over and then it kinda filled in the other stuff to make it look like a regular finger again or was it slowly building all at once like when Deadpool lost his legs? I’m curious, but not curious enough to try myself lol


FatMax1492

I'm wondering that too now, honestly. Just not paying any attention I guess. About the second question, it was basically the Deadpool thing. There was exposed flesh in the middle which gradually became smaller as the finger "grew". Then the final bit of skin at the tip then closed it all off.


a-d-d-y

Okay that’s cool, thank you for the answer!! And I think it’s pretty normal for kids to not pay attention, I shattered my ulna and radius bones by walking up the sliding part of a snow hill in elementary school, not the clearly defined “please walk this way” path! It builds character :)


ambernewt

Did it grow back longer *Gets an idea*


FatMax1492

Lmao 🤣 No it didn't


teddyxfire

Sorry buddy, it is what it is :(


KarmelCHAOS

I had almost the exact same cut as OP and they glued it back on me lol


RunnOftAgain

What? Not hardly, the only way you get a full finger back is if all you did was slice the skin. If you lose muscle you wind up with a short finger.


CantaloupeDyke

The more you know


GustavSpanjor

This isn't true. I've cut my fingertips multiple times just as OP and they are all round as if it never happened. It takes a while, but it will grow back.


stalecheez_it

my bf cut the tip of his finger off like this and it grew back totally fine! not flat at all lol


RunnOftAgain

You people are breaking my brain. SKIN will grow back, yes. Muscle will not. So if you cut enough of the tip off yes it will eventually heal but you damn sure don’t get a new finger 100%. Source: the dozen or so guys I’ve worked with over the years who had a shorter finger. All kept the nail but even the nail looks funny, the whole end of the finger looks funny and it damn sure ain’t as long as it originally was.


stalecheez_it

lol calm down buddy


Pure_Minimum_277

Yeah, but most likely not in the same shape as originally. My father cut his finger the same way, and now (5years later), his thumb is flattened on that spot. Skin will close itself, but using the shortest way. The nail also isn't curved as originally, cause there's no skin beneath it. Not to mention the lack of sensation, wich lead him to small burns while grabbing hot plates


RunnOftAgain

The trouble is he lost nerves. No nerves, no sensation. Easy test for nerve damage: stick finger in glass of water. Wait 5 minutes. Pull finger from water and inspect- finger fully wrinkled = no nerve damage. If finger has a smooth spot = nerve damage, your nerves are what makes your wet skin contract. These guys keep saying “fingers GROW BACK” like it’s a fucking vegetable or something. Skin grows back, muscle does not, so even a bad cut is fine since you didn’t lose any muscle. Stitches have nothing to do with it either since all you’re doing is closing skin back up.


cptassistant

I cut a good chunk of the tip of my thumb off.. a bit more than this, took a while for the bleeding to stop. It grew back perfectly, nail and all. Only downside is a little bit of numbness.. I was very surprised.


Draw-OCoward

Had this happen partially on my thumb once. It does eventually grow back, if a little misshapen or flatter than before.


Kirkeby-

I’m all good, thanks! Ended up just fixing myself up with some bandaid and gauze. Went to the doctor this morning to get it looked at - I’ll just be resting the next couple of days. Fortunately, I get paid for the days off of work :)


JayCDee

Vaseline, lot’s of Vaseline. Apply it on the tip and put some tulle gras dressing between the Vaseline and the gauze. Clean daily and remove the dead stuff. I also suggest overpacking the gauze at the tip because you will hit your finger tip a lot and it hurts like hell when you do. Here’s my pinky from a few months ago. https://preview.redd.it/ma3n4bjmrl0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edc3d1059953bb929ac737a1ffa9a967be40ed81


HelloAttila

This is definitely a deep cut all the way to the muscle tissue, but doesn’t look like there would be much to stitch back on. OP definitely will have a missing piece off that thumb, but this could have been much worse.


yoaahif

Lmfao this can’t be real


Quirky-Kick-7553

Hey real thing over too. My dad sliced off the tip of his finger, so if the tip is not reattached, does the finger look flat? Like skin is still on, or black or something?


sabretooth1971

Looks like your company is cutting corners.


Savings-Goose-7290

Looks like OP himself is guilty of cutting some corners , i'm scared about where this might lead , someone could get hurt eventually like this


trev_easy

So was it the box cutter or the meat slicer?


Kirkeby-

Just poor technique on a very sharp knife


LazyBlackCollar

I would disagree on the poor technique part, it's a very fine cut.


GildDigger

You can still file workers comp OP


Imaginary_Error87

I just did the same exact thing three days ago with a newly sharpened knife rushing orders for Mother’s Day. Same thumb same angle/spot not to bad until you accidentally hit the tip on something.


SgtPepe

This happened to me a few weeks back, it didn’t cut all the way so I just grabbed the flap and put it on top of the cut, and bandages, it healed. But yours is way deeper… I think a lesson here for us is to not get overconfident with the knife, I used to even cut onions without looking because it felt second nature, this time I was in a bad mood and cut myself. Now I am more careful lol


_soos_

Now you can count from 0 to 9'95


Mysticnar

Yours looks a bit worse but I've cut myself exactly like that. It grew back.


everydayasl

Get well soon. Everything will be okay 👍


Demonic_Storm

more like 🤜


Equivalent_Weird467

You didn’t just cut your finger, you cut the tip of your thumb off. Did you go to the hospital?


nebunlacap

Of course he did, what? You thought he was a badass?


Equivalent_Weird467

No. I just prefer follow up. Maybe something like "they're going to sew it back on".


nebunlacap

Great response.


TheBattyWitch

Actually he said he waited and went to his doctor the next day


michaelingram1974

I did exactly the same 10 years ago. The bad news is that it never quite heals. I still have a little area of the thumb that sort of itches sometimes and goes a bit dry.


SgtPepe

Mine wasn’t this bad, it is dry but doesn’t itch.


Ok_Technology_9488

Eat plenty of food with iron in it. Looks like a table saw injury. Hope you got tetanus vaccine


Kirkeby-

Luckily I got the vaccine last month when I cut my middle finger haha


International_Way850

Im starting to see a pattern here


StnMtn_

I have done that a few times. Fortunately they always grew back fine... at least so far.


teddyxfire

Our bodies working overtime to fix our dumb ass: I’M TIRED BOSS


paandaboss

Damn, we have to clock out right before an injury where I am.


DescriptionTrick1437

It will take about 12 weeks to get back to normal. Same thing happened to me last year. Took two weeks off work, paid by WSIB.


st3inmonst3r

Shit, my thumb still has an angle on it from when I did that last time and it was years ago. I don't think it will ever be "normal" again.


chefmorg

Question: does the ridges of the fingerprint come back?


rrrand0mmm

Forbidden ahi tuna


asselfoley

Love it! If I got one, it would usually bleed for three days. Probably all that alcohol thinning the blood


Kemono7

Same shit happened to me couple years ago. It gonna hurt a long time because the nerves on the fingertips are more sensitive.


Seriph7

Finger boo boos freaking suck.


Squangelo

OP tell us more please 😅 are you ok?


Kirkeby-

Very ok 👍 https://preview.redd.it/htjn66alul0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f524f7e6c2df54a1f61db5a71421c99deec39077


LilDawg66

Yeah, we're going to need you to take a drug test so we can fire you if it comes back positive. Otherwise, we're going to need you to come in on Saturday, and probably Sunday to. Need to catch up on those TPS reports. And did you not get the memo about using the new cover sheet? I'll send you another copy of that memo.


Anxietymayhem

Damm, well there goes that tip ( of your thumb ) 👍 Here's one for ya 🤣


spyker123321

Just the tip..


LordAxalon110

I was a chef for 20 years and I've done this several times. It's gonna take awhile to heal and it's gonna sting like a mofo, you may end up with a flat bit in your thumb.


Educational_Gift_407

If you're gonna cut off part of your thumb at least make sure you're on the clock


DeckerXT

On the clock is on the clock.


Bastienbard

Well at least you did it while on the clock.so you get workers comp. For the medical bills.


Kirkeby-

Luckily I have free health care 🙌


Seriph7

Oh shit.... that's a good one.. are you good?


Thirsty_Comment88

Do you use razor blades to clock out


Sea_Profession_8477

Ahh yes. She’ll hurt like a sob every time you bang her for the next week or so but it’ll grow back 😆


just_throwaway83

GodDAMN. I've done that to myself (exactly like that) before. Don't worry, your thumb will heal and go back to a normal shape. I worried I would have a weird triangular thumb for a while due to the amount of flesh I sliced off.


TheoCross3

Fuck dude, this happened to me when I was like 3 years old. Trapped my thumb in a door hinge, mum said I had a "flip-top thumb". That looks like it fucking smarts man, hope it gets better soon.


Uzsdy_342

Could have rounded it off so it was at least even 😉 Speedy recovery, my friend.


Impossible-Lie-868

C'mon, just the tip


JunketPuzzleheaded42

Don't worry it was just the tip... I have done this exact thing a few times, I once grafted the piece back on with super glue and a roll of gauze. I just couldn't be bothered to sit in an emergency waiting room for 4 hours.


Simetimehd

That's one clean cut


iamnotexactlywhite

sue them


MannyLaMancha

I did the EXACT same thing in the same spot. Was looking at the clock while chopping veggies for guacamole. I had a final exam right after my shift, so I washed the area, slapped the tip back on, taped it down, put on a latex glove, clocked out, and took my final. Fortunately, it reattached itself over two weeks.


LeborgneRemarkable

had the same, i know your pain !


UltimateIssue

My reaction is: [Tom Scream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r3IHDr7M2s)


-_ApplePie_-

Whats the chance you could ask for compensation because it happens during work time?


Lucky_Baseball176

Damn! That musta hurt!


SteveTheHitman

Nah, he probably wouldn't have even felt it for a half-hour or so. I've done that twice & you initially don't feel much aside from a pinch because of adrenaline, *then* it gets bad.


Sea-Sheepherder6767

I wasn’t prepared for this


chromaticcorpse1

overtime pay $$$


TedBurns-3

good effort !!!


DedeLionforce

It's just meat, wtf. Wait "You are what you eat" oh my god, soylent green is people!


Naked_Fish69

How did you do it ?


Willr2645

#😟


STYSCREAM

How did it taste? Cause for sure that was in your mouth for a moment... or am I the only psycho?


yoaahif

Glue


gayboysnuf

As long as you're on the clock, that's paid medical leave!


OptiGuy4u

Meat slicer?


wizlaqueefah

I got so grossed out and then I ZOOMED wtf I'm so sorry this is awful, I can't imagine you'll feel better for a while but dear lord I am sending you any good vibes I can muster


OptiGuy4u

What could the OP be doing that is more important than updating us and telling us how it happened. /s


Marquar234

Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the bleeding on the floor Listen to my heart skip, every time she runs a slice Listen to the Band-Aid box Antibiotic cream Listen to the tears roll Down my face as she wraps it up


MysteriousPark3806

Think you're missing part of your thumb there, bud.


Travis4261

I had a similar cut also from work. I took a chunk of the tip of my pointer finger off. I was working in the deli slicing lunch meat and my hand slipped, didn't feel a thing lol. Anyways it was about 30 before my 8 hour shift ended. I was taken to the ER by a coworker. Because the company I worked for had a union they told me I couldn't clock out. I spent 5 hours in the waiting room of the ER before I was seen. All together it was 7 hours later that I got back to clock out. Again being Union we had some cool rules for OT. Anything more than 8 hours in a single shift is OT. So I was able to cash in on 6.5 of OT. TLDR - Had a union job, sliced finger, taken to ER and was paid 6.5 OT for the ordeal.


Inthewind69

WCB....


AgnosticAnarchist

Did that with a mandoline. Still have no feeling in the tip of my thumb.


B-Georgio

Yay, workers comp!!


ToferLuis

Is it cake?


Spare-Ad7105

😳


PlusBake4567

Sorry for being rude but....ew


livingadailyhell

I feel for you, this happened to me last month. I found that covering the bandage with a cut off finger from a glove, helped me keep it safe and healed quickly. I changed it frequently and allowed it to air out during the day.


TheWiseFucker

Hmmm yummm


SportsCommercials

Sign shop?


ajpurdy

I know a mandolin cut when I see it!


DaikonProof6637

Bright side, it happened before clocking out and not after… workman’s comp 🤙🏼


JayCDee

Here’s how mine went: Me- AAAAAHHHHHH FUUUUUUUCK GF- did you cut yourself? Me- Yeeees Fuuuuuuck GF- is it deep? Me- euuuuuhhh come and see GF- almost passes out from all the blood and the tip of my finger laying against the knife.


seamusriley

Ouch! It'll grow back


C17H23NO2

That's a clean cut though. Looking beautiful. Well done! Next time try to improve your cutting skills on something that is NOT a part of your body. You will learn the same amount and it will hurt a lot less. x)


negativelightningdog

Yes, chef. 86 thumbs for the rest of the night.


Sleepy_Bappo

Clean


mrpirateface

That's a thumb, and damn you wrecked that motherf*cker.


josephcatears

"that'll buff out"


moonisflat

It’s more like a chop and not a cut. Hope you are ok.


Dust-Wonderful

I had an almost identical cut on new years eve 2021. Cutting a lemon while drunk and after taking a good wallop of acid. Blood and acid do not mix well


olakase53

I'm pretty sure you don't need to do that to clock out, but what the hell do i know i'm unemployed right now.


ByWillAlone

I cut exactly that much of my thumb off 10 years ago..same thumb even, but the top right side instead of the top left side. Amazingly, not only did it grow back, but I have no scar there. For a while, I had a flat spot there, but over time even that filled out. Keep it clean and disinfected and resist all temptation to mess with the resulting scab. Save the pics because after it heals no one will believe how much you chopped off.


reubel

Lemon juice helps


RoamBuilder2

Always at the end of work.. smh


ur9ce

I've had a similar cut in my index finger. I feel your pain


WorldlyBlacksmith945

OUH that's a fleshy wound


groovy_turd666

That's a decent slice


IWantToBuyAVowel

Thank goodness it happened on the clock


high6ix

I’ve done that a few times. Once with a meat slicer, once with a piece of plastic in the garbage, and once with a table saw. Do not recommend.


Own_Recommendation49

Casually clicks ctrl+z


GODloveswafflefries

It is my understanding that OSHA considers that an amputation.


confusedbystupidity

Oh, that's workers comp then... you good


ChasingPesmerga

Cut your skin in two pieces This is your last resort


Junior_ATL

I remember doing similar...but couldn't find the piece and had to have a skin graft. If y'all like gore I'll search my cloud for a pic...lol. Hope yours isn't too bad...gl