I almost lost a finger to a dull mandoline at The Trough last Saturday

Slicing a case of beets for pickling and the blade caught on a soft spot, shot my hand right into the guard plate - blood everywhere and we had to shut down the line for twenty minutes. Anyone else ditch those cheap plastic guards and just use a cut glove instead?

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emma_perry1d ago

Blood everywhere and we had to shut down the line for twenty minutes" sounds dramatic. Was it really that bad? I've nipped myself plenty of times on mandolines and it bleeds like crazy but you just wrap it up and keep going. Twenty minutes seems like a lot unless you were actually gushing.

davis.emma1d ago

I read on a food safety blog last year that hospital ERs see over 30,000 mandoline injuries annually. That stuck with me because it's way more than people think. Your story sounds totally believable honestly. The cheap plastic guards are useless once they get slippery beet juice on them. A cut glove is the way to go for sure.