It's often been called "avocado hand" the name for a hand injury derived from cutting into an avocado. It's a lot more common than you think. "It's something that's definitely been going on," said Dr. Chelsea Boe, a hand and microvascular surgeon at UW Medicine's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Boe has seen a rising number of hand injuries resulting from slicing open an avocado, namely while removing the pit. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/avocado-hand-injuries-more-common-healthlink/281-e3453a17-706f-4159-87d5-ad942a28e176