Drew Carey Injured On ‘Price Is Right’ Set

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (August 15, 2007) – His first show hosting the “Price Is Right,” hasn’t even taped yet, but Drew Carey has alreadysuffered an on-set injury.

Carey got his arm caught in a rotating apparatus while rehearsingleading a contestant through playing one of “Price’s” longest running competitions, the “Grocery Game.”

The “Grocery Game” requires contestants to guess the price of items sold in stores.

The only mechanical device in the game appears to be the cash register, which is often operated by one of the show’s models.Carey got his hand caught in the spinning stage floor, which brings the game into rotation.

In an interview this morning with the recently-retired “Price” host — TV legend Bob Barker earlier today, he told Access, in 35 years, he was never injured on set. He did however note that he was occasionally attacked by contestants who would pounce on the silver-haired gent and hug him.