When I used to work at Dairy Queen, we had a commercial slicer (mostly used for tomatoes) and we had to wear a glove. You can get the cut-resistant gloves at several places. There were several occasions in which someone didnt wear a glove and cut themselves badly.

Yes, when I used to work in foodservice we had a couple of accidents with the slicer. Not me, thank goodness, but it was scary.

We had one that had about 6-7 straight blades, but then we changed it out for serrated blades. That worked so much better, but ohhhhh...so much more dangerous.

Yes, I had a run-in with a meat slicer when working at a deli one summer. They hadn't invested in the steel-tip gloves at that point, but then again, they didn't figure the college kids they hired to work the counters would be stupid enough to hold the tomatoes in place while slicing. Um, think again. :rolleyes:

When you say "run-in with a meat slicer", do you mean, you accidentally cut yourself, or somebody took a swing at you... you're going to need to be more specific.