What you need to know:
• According to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, there are an estimated 330,000 kitchen knife accidents a year.
• According to the National Library of Medicine, two thirds of accidents involving knives result in fingers and thumbs getting cut.
• The Library also estimates that 45,000 thousand finger amputations are performed in the U.S. every year.
• According to the safety training site 3B Training, one of the most common ways people slice themselves is the ordinary act of cutting a bagel. Despite the data, most knife-related accidents don't happen in the kitchen.
• In fact, pocket knives are the leading cause of knife-related accidents. Kitchen knives are the second most cause of knife-related accidents.
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What the experts are saying:
• You're actually more likely to get sick from food poisoning than to slice your finger off in the kitchen.
• There is a proper way to hold a knife.
• If you ever drop a knife, you should never attempt to catch it.
• Contrary to what you might think, sharper knives are SAFER.
In this episode of "Your Weirdest Fears," listen as host Larry Mullins sits down with knife expert Jay Fisher. Being a professional cutler for nearly 3 decades, he's as sharp as a knife himself and shares an abundance of information and anecdotes about how to use knives properly and how dangerous they actually are in the kitchen.
