About 3yrs ago,was splittin wood with the wife,with the new splitter and about took her finger clean off. LOL,damnedest thing you ever saw,that flat thing danglin off her hand.She put her hand where it should not have been and in a "split" second it was all over but the scream and oh chit. Crushed it real flat like.Not pretty at all,was even longer than normal,LOL. She had me crying,felt like chit and I know the pain she felt.Went to the ER and they said it looked like it was crushed,yep,it's crushed....I said no chit! Book smarts I guess.