Another Nail Gun Incident

Considering all the discussion about the SawStop and safety, one thing becomes perfect clear. No matter how safe a tool might be, there's always going to be someone who finds a way to make that tool dangerous.

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Dave
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problem with this. What PSI was this guy running to get the nail to go that far through bone that deep into the head....

*sceptical me*
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Robatoy

Just a *very* soft skull. :-)

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FrozenNorth

In news: snipped-for-privacy@n6g2000vbz.googlegroups.com, Robatoy typed: ... .

Huh? I don't know what you picture, but that's a soft, thin-skull area where the nail supposedly hit. There was no "that far" through bone to go; I'm actually surprised it didn't go further, in fact.

IF it's a true story. This isn't the first time I've seen that story either. Since there isn't any kind of working newspaper URL along with it. Trying the ctv.ca results in " Sorry, we were unable to find the page you requested." right now. And a search on ctv.ca exposed no such story, so I agree this one goes inito the skeptical bin too.

HTH,

Twayne`

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Twayne

Anyone but me wondering how the nail got into the back of his head. If he were working overhead, and the nail were pointed away it would not hit him. If pointed toward him it would come through the face, what did he have the gun behind his head pointed down????

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tiredofspam

ricochet, I would presume...

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dpb

Come on, with enough force off a ricochet to pierce the skull.

They can't even get a bullet to ricochet to kill someone. They tested on MYTH BUSTERS and could not get enough force from a bullet to kill someone. They had to amp it up.

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tiredofspam

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references the AP.

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Zz Yzx

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Father Haskell

So you consider a pneumatic nail gun to be a safe tool? A tool that can fire a 1-3" steel nail or staple at 100+ mph 1-3" deep into wood is safe. Apparently there are no dangerous tools in the world.

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russellseaton1

Every tool is dangerous and must be respected..... and used in the safest way.

I watched a video of this guy talking about the accident. It was very apparent that he used the nail gun in the same very dangerous manner in which I see lots of guys using them. They keep their fingers on the trigger, pulling, and allow the "safety" tip to do the firing. That is how most injuries from "misfires" happen. Most are not misfires at all, they are just "fires" because idiots keep the trigger pulled.

If the gummint wants to regulate any kind of safety device for nail guns, they should make it so the trigger has to be released before the safety tip can be depressed. I'm fairly certain I've used guns like that before.

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-MIKE-

Not in my book. When doing framing or roofing, bump fire can be a good thing. When doing fine stuff, it's not necessary.

Obviously his use was questi> >>> No matter how safe a tool might be, there's

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tiredofspam

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:43:44 -0500, tiredofspam

Yeah, certainly a possibility that it's a sham. But, if I lifted a nailgun above my head and let my wrist sag for a second, I figure the angle would be approximately right. And after all, a nail in the head might well have screwed up his memory as to how it happened.

Finally, CTV does have fact checkers. Unless they're getting desperate for new stories, someone should have looked into the validity of the story.

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Dave

You need to go to toronto.ctv.ca, or swo.ctv.ca , or whatever,to get a page. I remember seing it on the news on swo.ctv.ca a while back. (Kitchener Ontario CTV outlet - on the 11pm "national" news (as compared to "local".)

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clare

It came from The Associated Press

Date: Saturday Jan. 21, 2012 8:07 AM ET

OAK LAWN, Ill

It is reported on all the major news sites - so I'd say it's pretty safe to say IT HAPPENED in Oak Lawn Ill. on Wednesday.?

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clare

Soft lead bullets and hard steel nails behave differently - and require different amounts of force to penetrate bone. He might just have been a REAL clumsy amateur carpenter too.. Trying to nail down throug top sill into stud, and missed . Or nailing into roof structure, and bringing nailer down, accidentally fired the darn thing without being anywhere close to any wood to hold the nail. How it happened isn't clear. What DOES appear to be sure is it DID.

But then there is still a small but sizeable group of Americans who still don'r believe man has walked on the moon - - - - - . Or that their President is an American - or that their president is NOT a Muslim.

Damn, there I got politics into the thread - now it should continue on for another 3 weeks or so!!!

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clare

Naaaa... you need to be more subtle. I have learned from Hodgett.

Reply to
Robatoy

next thing they'll come up with is Nail $top. Won't fire until it does a detailed analysis of the object it is up against. LMAO!!

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Steve Barker

Myth Busters being the epitome of scientific proof and all ...

Shit happens.

Reply to
Swingman

yeah, like their recent cannon ball ordeal. LMAO!

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Steve Barker

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