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Re:If you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider... by Anon84 on Saturday September 25, 2010 @10:46AM (#1727047)
There's actually a reported case of someone getting hit by a proton beam on the head in 1978:

     Bugorski was leaning over the piece of equipment when 
     he stuck his head in the part through which the proton 
     beam was running. Reportedly, he saw a flash "brighter 
     than a thousand suns", but did not feel any pain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski

He is still alive.

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Re:If you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider... by jules on Saturday September 25, 2010 @01:38PM (#1727404)
In case people take what the first person in the video says combined with your quote from wikipedia but don't read the entire wikipedia page I'll quote this:

    The left half of Bugorski's face swelled up beyond
    recognition, and over the next several days started 
    peeling off, showing the path that the proton beam 
    (moving near the speed of light) had burned through 
    parts of his face, his bone, and the brain tissue
    underneath.
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