Ouch

[meika123]

Well guys, been relatively accident free for a while. Hadn't done anything really stupid in a while, so I suppose it was time.
This past Monday, a fellow who works for me and I were finishing a deck for a tenant using a framing nailer. Yeah, you guessed it. A 3 1/2" nail through the right thumb, narrowly missing the bone-only a glancing blow. Fortunately the nail went all the way through my thumb, except for the nail head, which was held by the skin at the point of exit.
The ironic part of all this is: the guy who works for me is the one who shot me. Hey Thom remember "**** Thumb".

Dave in NC

[Thom2]

Now you've got a peep sight for your "finger gun"

Glad you're okay Dave and I'll share some advice with you ......

The next time this guy asks you to hold something for him to nail ..... Give him the finger and save your thumbs

[Ed62]

That had to hurt. But I guess it could have been worse. Glad it wasn't. The guns are great, but you can't let your guard down when using them.

Ed

[germdoc]

Ouch. That should improve your chances, or at least your visibility, next time you're hitchhiking.

[crokett]

Sorry to hear about this Dave. That had to hurt. I've gotten myself with my finish nailer before, but not a framing nailer

[Salty]

I know a guy who forgot to move his foot doing a roof. Luckily the nail went between his toes and just nailed his shoe to the roof. But that had to have raised the hair on his neck!
Those air tools are fast but the accidents can happen fast as well.

[Turaj]

... the guy who works for me is the one who shot me. ..

And you are paying him Maybe you should pay him more

Glad to hear you are not hurt too bad! Everytime I see one of those nailers, I wonder about these type of accidents. Take care!

[Ed62]

I know a guy who forgot to move his foot doing a roof. Luckily the nail went between his toes and just nailed his shoe to the roof. But that had to have raised the hair on his neck!
Those air tools are fast but the accidents can happen fast as well.

We were doing a roof several years ago, and one of my sons shot himself in the leg. It hit in just the right place that he couldn't bend the leg. The "barbs" left on the nail made it neccessary to cut it out because pulling it could have damaged the leg further. It was a rough go, getting him down the ladder. Luckily, after the trip to the ER, he was O.K. A 3.25" nail must have been much worse. (shudder)

Ed

[Handy Al]

The Extreme Makeover folks were in Columbus recently. One of the crew ran a circular saw across the palm of this hand. It took about 6 hours of surgery to repair. I still can't figured out how you can do that. But when your building a house in 5-6 days accidents can happen

[Bruce Cohen]

One of these days I'll tell you all the story of when I caught my right thumb in a belt sander. Not something easy to do. Took 3 operations to fix.

Sometimes I'm REALLY stupid!!!

Bruce

[Hellrazor]

Nailers can be entertaining. A friend of mine nailed himself to the wall in a house they were working on. No idea how he managed to do it, but the nail went into the eyelet on his boot and pinned his foot to the studwall. He had to yell forsomeone else to come over and pry him free from the wall. He is lucky it only hit the boot...

As far as dangerous... I was sheathing a shed and missed the stud. The nail went through the 1/2" OSB and landed on the house roof. I heard it roll down into the gutter.

[jseklund]

I am not sure if I even believe this 100% but a friend of mine from high school worked a summer as a painter. He was at a house once when a deck was being rebuilt while he painted. Apparently, a not so bright kid was sitting on the deck with his legs over the side using the nailer and it went off and pinned his testicle to the deck. They apparently had to cut the section of deck out to get him to the hospital.

Sorry if the details are fuzzy...I just remember thinking about the pain!!

[krogers]

I am really sorry to hear about your injury. Now can we see some pictures?

[Stick]

When I was in junior high (grade 7) wood shops, one of the kids band sawed 3/4 of the way through his hand before he noticed anything was wrong. Blood was spurting everywhere, and the teacher fainted. One of the other kids hit the panic button and and called the office to get an ambulance. He wound up with full use of his hand after a couple of years.

[Wood_workur]

glad to hear it wasn't too bad.