# What happens if you stick your hand in a garbage disposal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-stick-your-hand-in-a-garbage-disposal/419512>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 17, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-stick-your-hand-in-a-garbage-disposal/419512 "2007-09-17T17:48:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-stick-your-hand-in-a-garbage-disposal/419512/21 "2007-09-17T22:42:33Z")

</div>

I’ve seen a friend’s mother feed a chicken carcass thru hers several times. Takes a bit of pushing, but it handles it.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-stick-your-hand-in-a-garbage-disposal/419512.md?page=1)