Freakish Accidents No. 1

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 20, 2025
Category: Accidents | Death | 1950s

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I knew a guy that had a nail shot into in his head by someone carelessly waving around a pneumatic nail gun. Luckily for him it stayed between the two hemispheres of his brain.

Posted by crc on 02/20/25 at 01:44 PM

Nail gun injuries and deaths are common enough that OSHA has a whole booklet on how to avoid them: https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/NailgunFinal_508_02_optimized.pdf

Posted by ges on 02/20/25 at 04:02 PM