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[Chad Fabry]

Having nearly shot a nail through my foot one time (between my toes through my shoe) this struck home with me.

http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGN ... 89c01ca7bf

[Brian G]

I recall a case where one guy walked under another who was on a ladder & holding a nail gun. It shot the nail into the top of his skull, fully set. He was also very lucky, as it went right between the halves of his brain and did no internal damage (as far as they could tell anyway). These sort of things let you know there's an angel with their hand over you occasionally.

Brian G.

[chrisprickett]

Sounds like we have a future HI on our hands!

[Bill Kibbel]

Sounds like we have a future HI on our hands!

Only if there is enough dain bramage for him to consider getting into this profession.

[Neal Lewis]

This article doesn't mention that this dude does not have health insurance and that the hospital bill is between $80,000 and $100,000. He'll be framing for a few more years to pay off that bill.

[Inspectorjoe]

There was a guy here in the Lehigh Valley, maybe 6 or 8 years ago, who was doing remodeling work in a house at night. He accientally cut off his hand with a circular saw. The pain was so bad that he tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head several times with a nail gun. He survived.

I'm not making that up.

Joe Hancaviz

[DonTx]

Originally posted by Inspectorjoe

The pain was so bad that he tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head several times with a nail gun. He survived.

Joe Hancaviz

I bet his stub didn't hurt so bad after that, huh!

[Chad Fabry]

Last week one of my tenants cut his hand off with a log splitter. He'd rigged a detent so that

when the splitter was activated it would cycle continuously, allowing him to split more wood

because he didn't have to grab the lever and hold it. His hand got caught on a log and he cut it

off just above the wrist. After 27 hours of surgery he now has his hand reattached

and is able to move his fingers. Incredible.

He was alone, tourniqueted his arm with his belt, grabbed his hand and made it quite a way

to his (my) house where a friend was, and had the friend drive him to the hospital 30 minutes away.

He has no insurance, makes his living as a tree surgeon and doesn't have much prospect of

ever returning to that profession. I've forgiven two months rent, but can't afford to let him

live there for free much longer than that.

[Richard Moore]

Chad...

sounds like you could charge him an arm and a leg and actually get paid.

Sorry...

[chrisprickett]

http://www.equipmentaccidents.com/index.htm

...for all of your equipment accident story needs!

[kurt]

I shouldn't be laughing my ass off right now, but Joe's story of someone shooting themselves in the head several times w/a nail gun just cracked me up.

Proof that dumb animals should not be given weapons.

[Inspectorjoe]

I got the story wrong. He didn't shoot himself several times. It was f-i-f-t-e-e-n times. And Donald was on to something. It turns out that he did do it to take his mind off the pain of his stump.

I found the story is still out there on the 'net.

Joe Hancaviz

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3197/is_6_46/ai_76782008

[hausdok]

Hmmm,

Wonder if it's an urban myth. Do you suppose we'll see those two fellas on Myth Busters shooting nails into each others' heads soon to disprove it?

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike