The Cellar - View Single Post - 1/17/2005: Man nails himself without knowing

FloridaDragon · 01-17-2005, 05:40 PM

While I agree I can't imagine how you could get nailed and not know it, I can see where a second (or third) shot can result from use. I worked construction during the summers in high school and there were many times that more than one nail came out and there were even cases where the safety on the front of the gun (you have to have it pressed against something for it to fire) would not function and you could spray nails if you wanted to or were clumsy. I also had a nail gun fire a nail through two 2x4s on edge with the nail bouncing off the concrete slab and hitting a board on the other side....those guns can certainly be dangerous....

all that said, this guy must have been sucking on the end of the gun for this to happen...

01-17-2005, 05:40 PM	#7
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	While I agree I can't imagine how you could get nailed and not know it, I can see where a second (or third) shot can result from use. I worked construction during the summers in high school and there were many times that more than one nail came out and there were even cases where the safety on the front of the gun (you have to have it pressed against something for it to fire) would not function and you could spray nails if you wanted to or were clumsy. I also had a nail gun fire a nail through two 2x4s on edge with the nail bouncing off the concrete slab and hitting a board on the other side....those guns can certainly be dangerous.... all that said, this guy must have been sucking on the end of the gun for this to happen...