Just for laughs I decided to see if I could catch a 400lb industrial shredder with my foot. Not a good idea, as you might imagine, and the inevitable outcome was a broken toe. In technical terms I had a Sub Ungal Haemotoma which meant the blood got trapped behind my toenail and had to be trafined. This involves the application of a white hot wire to burn through the nail and relieve the pressure. Quite spectacularly as well! It is a good job this happened at work and all I had to do was go upstairs to A&E. I now have four holes in my nail and a good chance I will lose it. The photo has been posted retrospectively 4 weeks after so it doesn't look half as bad as it did. At least my foot isn't black anymore.
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