Nail Gun

[rk246]

doesn't look like fun, fortunately you weren't hurt worse and everything worked out.

 

[PineRidge]

Just looking at your pictures hurts me, so I can imagine how bad the actual nail felt. Glad it wasn't quite as bad as it looks.

It amazes me every-time I see one of those x-rays on TV of a nail sticking through a guys skull. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[MarkV]

For me it was a finish nail that did the deed. I was working in a tight space and got tripped up by the hose which bounced the gun off my thigh. Must have had my finger on the trigger but I don’t know for sure it happened so fast. The nail hit the bone, took a chip off of it and curled up like a fish hook. After the surgery it took three months before I was back working again.

I use a nail gun every day at work and have for several decades now. Have always had a great deal of respect for them and thought I was always careful. You never know.

MarkV

 

[Holzster]

CAQ

Lucky (if you want to say it) it was 3" smooth Galvanized for my Porter-Cable fraiming gun. no glue or ribs!!

 

[Holzster]

Mike

The only time it hurt (like I said) was during the shot at the ER - BUT the first time I used the gun after that I had the feeling in my hand like it was in me again. Wierd feeling

 

[SkyPup]

Whoa, that is too much, glad to see that you made out okay. Thos nail guns are dangerous, there should be a trigger lock out function on them that you have to override to fire one.

I do know what it's like to get shot though......

I was out squirrel hunting on our cattle farm with my cousin when I was a kid, we were in a large live oak hammock with some excavated canals and lakes. I walked up on top of one of the dirt piles about 40 feet high and was looking around the open pasture when my cousin shot at a squirrel on a live oak trunk.

I was standing there and suddenly my left leg went flying out from under me, tipping me over and I rolled down the slope of the pile of dirt I was standing on. My left leg felt like it was on fire! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I looked at my pants and there was a small hole on one side and a larger hole on the other side and my leg was drenched with my blood squirting out.. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Anyhow, he'd shot me with a .22 Magnum solid 40 grain bullet from his rifle about 100 feet away. Fortunately it was not a hollowpoint, as the bullet went completely through my knee. Many surgeries later, everything is okay.

But it sure ain't no fun getting shot or getting operated on! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[keeney]

A relative of mine who works in an ER was telling me about how common it is to pull nails from power nailers out of guys. Maybe one case a week during "construction season" she said. She said that she has seen more nails in guys lower legs, ankles and feet than in their hands. She didn't know why, but she thought it might have to do with messing around with jams or reloading while holding the gun on the lap sitting down. I think its more likely the result of framing wall assemblies that are laying on the ground, and accidentally "bumping" the gun against the side of the leg/foot while moving to the next stud.

In my opinion, the "Bump" trigger mode is a bit more dangerous than it is worth.

- Rick

 

[EddieWalker]

Holtzer,

Glad to see it wasn't any worse. I've only stuck myself a few times with my brad nailer. Shoot the brad in strait, but it hit a hard spot or something and it turns sideways and my thumb gets attached to the wood.

Thanks for waiting until I was done with my fraiming to get hurt and post the pics!!! Scarry stuff.

Eddie

 

[rswyan]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Thanks for waiting until I was done with my fraiming to get hurt and post the pics!!! Scarry stuff. )</font>
Yeah ... I should be so lucky .... my PC FR350A is supposed to arrive tomorrow ..... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[stevenf]

Keeney, I know exactly why the nails are usually in the bottom half of construction folks bodies. My dad built houses singlehanded for 25 years and I pried him off of many framing nails during those years but as he got older he would hire framers and just do the carpentry work. At lunch everyday my dad would have to get after the kids on the framing crew for holding the shoe back on the nailers with their hand and shooting at each other.
They had a rule no nails above the belt!
Safety First I guess /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif