15 Wild Stories from Factory Workers

For those who didn’t grow up around people with blue-collar jobs, the concept of working in a factory evokes images of a bygone era when child labor laws were nonexistent and nobody had a clue what asbestos was. But the truth is, we’re not as far removed from the assembly line as you might think, and the job can still be relatively unsafe — just ask the guy who accidentally cut off the same finger twice in one day. 

The factory workers of Reddit have punched the clock and shared the most insane things they’ve seen on the job, and if you take away one thing, let it be to always make sure bone-crushing equipment is turned off before you go sticking your arm in it.