As any regular viewer of Dirty Jobs may have recognized, the jobs Mike takes on don’t merely leave you needing a shower, but many of these are very labor intensive jobs. Mike recently answered a viewer’s question about the kinds of injuries he has had.

As a man with a history of back problems, I feel for Mike when he is under strain, trying to lift heavy objects. Lord knows the man could use another set of hands from now and again.

As for what injuries Mike has had, they pretty much run the gambit from bee stings and back pain to infections and smashed toes. But there was one injury that actually scared Mike and just thinking about it scares me just a bit…

“…the scariest was probably the furnace incident. The heat melted my contacts to my eyes, which alarmed me considerably.” – Mike Rowe

That’s a good lesson for everyone. Stay away from furnaces, kids.