Is there a safe way to remove items that have fallen into a Garbage Disposal? I've always been told to never reach into a garbage disposal, for obvious reasons, but always seem to drop items in that I don't want to risk ruining the blades with by grinding them.  Is there a tool(s) that can be used to efficiently retrieve items from a disposal?
Circuitry can't just turn itself on; the machine is controlled by a switch. 

If the switch is not flipped on, the circuit is not complete and the machine will not run. 

Our switch is up on the wall, under a cabinet. There is no chance of something hitting that switch accidentally, so I just reach in when something falls down the drain. 

If I thought there was even a chance that the disposal could turn on, I would never reach in there.