Builder survives nailgun accident

[emad]

Snip from BBC News:


This X-ray was taken one hour after the accident

A construction worker has miraculously survived after six nails were embedded in his skull.

Isidro Mejia, 39, was rushed to hospital after his nailgun accidentally went off, shooting nails into his head.

Newspaper reports say doctors at Providence Holy Cross Hospital in Los Angeles had feared for his life when he arrived.

But Mr Mejia is now out of intensive care and doctors expect him to make a full recovery.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3685791.stm

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. how'd

he shoot nails into the back of his head?

[emad]

2. Remote control?

Smoke n mirrors?

[Xithras]

3. These things should be banned

All nailguns should be required to have contact triggers at a minimum. I own both a framing nailer and an 18 guage Bostitch trim nailer, and BOTH have contact cutoffs...if the nailgun isn't pressed against something, it won't fire no matter how hard you pull the trigger.

There is no reason why manufacturers should be selling nailguns without this very basic safety feature, or why employers should be permitted to give them to their construction crews. It's negligence, pure and simple.

[JayS]

4. I'm pretty sure that all come with a safety device and it either...

...malfunctioned or, more likely, was disabled by the worker.