Construction Worker Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Eye With Nail Gun, Then Pulls It Out

AP ^ | 3.4.05

[Prophet in the wilderness]

As long as you got a tetanus shot, I would have gone back to work too.

[processing please hold]

I do in fact use duct tape on cuts to stop the bleeding

When he's at work, my hubby uses electrical tape on cuts. Liquid has little effect on it's sticking power.

[blackbart.223]

I'm direct if nothing else.

[The Grammarian]

The death of the English language as we know it.

Indeed.

[blackbart.223]

"I amputated my abdomen once."

You evicerate your abdomen. You amputate your limbs. Let's keep this in proper context.

[blackbart.223]

Then how do we deal with the problem? I am at lost at this point.

[A CA Guy]

Could have been an illegal and the construction company is about to be liable and made to pay a huge fine to worker's compensation I figure.

[dasboot]

I wuz cleanin' wax outta my ears with a 20p nail, once. My buddy thought it would be funny to hit my hand. I hate it when that happens. But we had a good laugh.

[blackbart.223]

"I am at lost at this point."

Damn! I sure stepped in that one.

[The Grammarian]

Then how do we deal with the problem? I am at lost at this point.

Kill everyone. If people don't exist, there's no need for the English language. ;P

Or were you referring to the illegal immigrant issue, and not whether "it" was a reference to the nail gun, the immigrant's eye, or the nail? If so, I have no idea beyond deporting them all and possibly militarizing our southern border.

[blackbart.223]

"Or were you referring to the illegal immigrant issue, and not whether "it" was a reference to the nail gun, the immigrant's eye, or the nail?"

I thought I made that particular point clear. But it is late and I am tired and prone to mistakes.

[k2blader]

What you said!!

[sully777]

Classic shop class cult classic: Eddie's Eye

Guess he wasn't present during the standard shop class movie about eye safety. The movie showed a guy having his eye operated on in full color. Blood squirted out his swollen eye socket.

[sully777]

I'm sure its a classic in Mexico as well.

[Ichneumon]

Construction Worker Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Eye With Nail Gun, Then Pulls It Out

Could have been worse:

[GeronL]

ouch

[ApplegateRanch]

Could have been an illegal and the construction company is about to be liable and made to pay a huge fine to worker's compensation I figure.

No doubt. Unsafe practices; probably an illegal worker; probably no safety training for operating the nailer.

By the by I would NOT want to own a home anywhere, let alone huricane country, where 2X4's are nailed to concrete with a 2 1/2 inch nail; that is only 1" penetration, and not even the right type of fastener. 8" X 1/2" diameter concrete-embedded J-bolts, on max 4' centers, anyone?

[Petronski]

Headline writing is a lost art.

[laceybrookesdad]

What are the odds of randomly shooting 6 nails into your head with a high powered nail gun and then surviving to tell about it? What a miracle he survived!