I was sewing alone in the house which was all locked up and sewed my finger. It jammed the machine and it took a few seconds to realize my finger was what jammed it. Thank God I had my cell phone in my pocket. I called my mother for help and she wasn't certain she had a key and it took her a bit to find it. When she finally got to my house I gave her directions to find the needle nose pliers in another room. By this time my finger was starting to pain me. She couldn't find the pliers and all I could do was laugh as I started to feel stupid for sewing my finger. By this time, 15 or so minutes had passed with my finger stuck in the machine. I had to cut the needle (which came out on the bottom) below my finger which meant I was still stuck and had to find a screwdriver to unscrew the needle. Finally got my finger out of the machine but the needle was still sticking out of it (with thread). I wanted it x-rayed so went across the highway to the emergency clinic as I was afraid the needle may have gone through or broken a piece of bone off. One of the nurses took a picture of my finger with her cell phone as she had never seen such a thing. Luckily, no bone damage and they just pulled the needle out really quickly. Since then I always keep one door unlocked, needlenose pliers, and a screwdriver next to my sewing machine and the cell phone in my pocket. I can laugh now, but it really wasn't very pleasant at the time.