When I first got my sewing machine, my first one 30 years ago, I was sewing, and had my thumb in the way. The next thing I knew, it had sewn through my thumb making a stitch. I pulled out the thread, pulled out the needle, ran water on it. Doused it the triple antibiotic ointment and gauze. The next day I got a tetanus shot...lol,I'm accident prone. I guess that's as bad as the time I stepped on a size 5 knitting needle and it went through my foot.