Actual Accident Reports From Scouting Magazine Article I saw this and thought some of the ways reported accidents occurred were funny, and a bit scary how simple things cause accidents. Some I could only imagine the activity that was taking place at the time, maybe my imagination is a bit warped though. Where I can I often read the campsite or center accident book, these often highlight potential hazards on site, but sometimes they show poorly written reports that make a serious injury sound funny after the event. A Guide leader, judging a Scout cooking competition, fell into a dixie and Scalded her bottom A Scout sustained cuts when hit by a frying pan propelled by the explosion of a tin of sweat corn being placed on a fire to heat without first being pierced A Cub Scout was tossing a pancake when his pancake landed on his head and he was burned on the forehead A District commissioner, riding his bicycle to deliver materials to leaders, fractured his collarbone when he collided with a 'Stationary camouflaged van' A Scout with 1 arm in plaster because of a fracture, slid down a snowy slope at a Scout campsite and broke his other arm A Scout Troop waiting at Calais hover port for the arrival of the hovercraft when one of their number disturbed a poacher who struck him in the face with his shotgun A Cub Scout was taking part in a Conker competition, struck his opponents conker with his own which thereupon rebounded and struck him in the mouth and broke a tooth 2 Scouts were having an argument, one threw hot water at the other and scalded his buttocks A Scout Fellowship member cut his chin when he fell from a ladder while affixing a safety notice to the outside of the group headquarters An adult was putting equipment away when the floor gave way A Leader sustained a cut to the head when assaulted by a parent at the end of a Scout meeting. The Parent head butted him An assistant Venture Scout leader, refereeing a Cub football match, intervened in a punch up on the pitch. He sustained a blow to the groin, suffered bruising and internal bleeding Venture Scouts suffered from: A Broken arm from a fall delivering a letter A Broken arm from a fall during a unit discussion A Broken arm from a fall during a formal award presentation ceremony Assault by the boyfriend of a female Venture Scout One was hit by a falling piano he was helping move Two Cubs were hit by a falling piano A Cub Scout went to get a drink from the sink in the hall, found a mouse in it. He picked up the mouse by the tail, and it promptly bit him. He had to go to hospital for an anti tetanus injection The Cub pack gathered for grand howl in the group headquarters, one cub tripped and cut his head on a wheelbarrow A Cub Scout bought a hot baked potato, which for some reason he put down his shorts. Another cub struck it and the Cub received severe burns A Scout attending a Fireman's badge course, went through the wrong door at the fire station and fell down the hole for the pole and suffered head injuries A Cub Scout suffered eye injuries when hot candle wax dripped in his eye during a candlelight church service Note about poor handwriting. Poor hand writing made the accident report look like this - A girl Scout had cut her self during the meeting requiring her to go to hospital, and at the end of the report it read "I will visit her home tomorrow to see how the cow is". Easy to write cut and it looks like cow.