Used to work in a bagel shop. We have a big ass slicer, spinning blade you drop bagels into down a chute.
Every day we turn it off and wipe the chute. I wasn’t thinking. Unplugged the machine, scooted it out, and began wiping down the chute inside, brushing down crumbs.
It’s a fucking miracle my finger barely grazed the still spinning blade that hadn’t come to a stop yet. Immediately recoiled my hand and just got a scratch from it, not that deep.
I was pissed at myself for not realizing the blade was still spinning. That shit could’ve been so much worse.
Yeah every now and then a bagel would get stuck. We had this like plastic rod with a massive end so you could jam it down the shoot without ever hitting the blade.
It was really just me forgetting to be patient and wait. It takes like a good minute for the blade to come to a complete stop. Usually you can hear it whirring and know it’s still spinning, but after working in there all day you kind of get used to the sound.