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DUMB-ASS!!!!
UUUUGGGHHH!!!!
I’m going back to the ass-washing video …
eehhhh!
April 24th, 2008 at 11:55 amNail guns can be deadly. Construction accidents happen all the time. DIY types are notorious for hurting themselves with tools.
I wouldn’t call this guy a dumbass. He hurt himself…At least he didn’t lose the hand or a finger.
Kind of gives me an appreciation for what Christ went through.
April 24th, 2008 at 12:29 pmOver and Over and Over Thank’s Bash!
April 24th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
April 24th, 2008 at 12:52 pmI have been in construction for years and this kind of thing is pretty damn rare on jobsites if you know what you’re doing and take your time. most nail guns do not have any type of safety, you dont even need to push them against something for the most part. i fell off the roof of a ranch style home one time, didnt get hurt but you will not do that twice lol
wasnt there a guy a few years back who shot himself in the head with a nail gun? like 4 times
April 24th, 2008 at 1:07 pmyeah i’ve never done that but sometimes when they shoot twice (when being careless) you could get in trouble. heh Kurt that sucks. I fell off my dad’s roof once while putting up siding. Damn scaffolding dragged me off and I fell about 25 feet. I fell into a bush though. Freaked my dad out pretty good.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:28 pmI’d heard about the homeowner that rented a nailgun and then taped the trigger as he planned to “bump fire” some sheetrock to his cieling. As you’d expect it fell back onto his chest, shooting him once in the heart(almost certain) and once near it. He did survive.
Bash: Sick video, but at least it wasn’t a circular saw accident.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:44 pmI used to see accidents like you guys describe..and smaller ones ALL the time. And I’ve met several construction types, who have bad backs, severe burns, and missing digits from construction accidents.
Shit happens…even when you are careful. I’m just glad the dude is OK. The doc did a great job. Interesting “medical” impliment though? Just as long as the doc got ‘er done. That’s all that counts.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:47 pmIn the interest of science, he should put in a couple more and try to pull them with a claw hammer and a cats paw.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:53 pmDont tempt Him!
April 24th, 2008 at 2:07 pmI’ve freaked out people by performing self-surgery a few times. Once dug out a metal shard from my palm with a pair of needlenose pliers. That was a bleeder. I’m sitting there, calm as can be as I’m digging this thing out, and one of the guys walks in and nearly faints. Some people just can’t handle the sight of blood.
A lot of people who know me think I like the sight of blood, but it’s more that I don’t mind it. Just because I don’t lose my lunch at the sight of something (or someone) splattered all over the place doesn’t mean I’m some kind of deviant. I’m a deviant for lots of other reasons.
April 24th, 2008 at 2:32 pmI hate scaffolding. that stuff makes me nervous when you have it stacked any higher than about 2 or 3 high. put me on a 40 foot ladder any day of the week, if i fall off of that its my own fault
just like the roof thing was my fault
that might have been the same story. thought for some reason he got shot a few times. either way, yikes!
and the guy who taped down the trigger, he was just asking for what he got. now finish nailers can get you even when you are careful, you can hit a knot in the wood or even the head of another nail. i seen a guy bury a finish nail through his fingernail one day while putting up crown molding.
April 24th, 2008 at 2:33 pmThe “DUMB-ASS!” remark was the
reaction from my oldest daughter who was watching over my shoulder. She’d done her RN clinicals in a couple ERs … and saw loads of stuff come through …
Her remark is pretty much “standard
reaction” from ER docs and nurses when they see such things.
Just know … they DO talk about you when you come in.
April 24th, 2008 at 3:21 pmI came close to dropping 18 feet off of a ladder when shooting metal straps off with a nailgun. I was maxed out on the ladders working reach -22 ft. the base was to close to the building and a severe recoil had me arching backward for a second when I was able to grab onto the unnailed half of the very same strap and pull myself back to the wall.
007- Those are bad, and no I have never personally witnessed any real gruesome carbide on flesh mishaps-yet. The worst I saw on REGULAR t.v. was the high school girl hurdler who wiped out…. and I’ll let your mind fill in the rest. 
April 24th, 2008 at 3:21 pmyou’re lucky! 18 feet would be a hard fall to take. its kinda funny sometimes when you underestimate those little nailers and they kick you like that, its a wake up call, i have had some close calls myself. i bet there are alot of ladder injuries.
worst injury for me when doing construction wasnt even work related. i was working near downtown cincinnati and went to take a drink of my pop, didnt realize there was a honey bee on the top, stung me on the upper lip. i drove 25 minutes to get home and by the time i got to my doctors office my whole face was swelled up lol i looked like a monster. nurse gave me a shot and was almost back to normal before i left the place. im not even allergic to them, it was just a bad spot to get stung
April 24th, 2008 at 3:38 pmI’m a general contractor here in Socal. I’ve been building and remodeling for 30yrs. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, some creative idiot come along and does something so breathtakeing that it brings a tear to your eye. Laughing or crying it’ll bring tears to your eyes.
April 24th, 2008 at 3:59 pmthis was the type of scaffolding where you have 2 or 3 long 4×4 (2 2×4s nailed together) and you rachet up the thing to raise the platform. I was lowering the pole which was probably 30 to 40 feet long and the damn thing dragged me off the roof. mistake.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:37 pmReagan
I get the kind you mean now. that must have been a shocker once you landed and realized you were alright. there is nothing like falling to scare the hell out of you. its like the same kind of shock as zipping your zipper without getting everything out of the way first. it should only happen once in your life
April 24th, 2008 at 5:26 pmMost people have an initial fear when using power tools for good reason. After you get familiar using one and it becomes second nature they can get you too. I figured I stood a one in ten chance of losing a finger tip to a power tool. Although that hasn’t happened, here is the worst accident I’ve had; I had just cut a very heavy and dense beam (a PSL aka ParaStrand Lumber-engineered wood)to length. After moving it near its location and setting it down the opposite end dropped a couple inches right as my fingertips were between the end and another plank. Usually if this happens you might get blood blister. This time, maybe it was the coincidental shockwave from the other end falling, the meaty tip of my finger was ripped/cut? off. It used to be when this happened they had to cut off that last bone in the finger in order to have enough flesh to cover the bone.(the blood vessels are too fine for re-attachment) I lucked out because the doctor I visited knew of a “thenar flap” procedure that basically grafted skin from the base of my thumb to my finger tip. For about two weeks my finger was stitched to my palm in order to graft the skin. If you remember late summer 2001 and all the non-news like the shark attacks off Florida, I eventually would tell strangers who’d ask, that a wood-shark bit me. The news- hyped shark stories ended on Sept, 10th that year.
April 24th, 2008 at 5:38 pmrightangle
you’re exactly right. once it becomes second nature some people get complacent with power tools and become a little careless, most the time its just a close call that will wake you up but not always.
wow yeah thats extremely lucky they were able to fix that. that sounds like a cool procedure really. its hard telling how many times thats been performed by now. see i used to work in a woodshop during high school and for a few years after i graduated too, making mahagony doors and cabinets and stuff like that. well anytime you’re around a woodshop you see guys missing the tips of their fingers. usually from table saw accidents but still im sure that procedure has helped lots of people.
I have been hurt worse before but nothing too bad. i like telling the bee story, just kinda goofy. this little girl looked freaked out when she saw me at the doctors office
the best part about doing construction is standing on top of a 2nd floor wall without a lifeline while a crane brings you 40 foot long roof trusses and you have to crawl out on them, take the line off before they are even nailed down. just another day at the office
April 24th, 2008 at 5:57 pmI’ll never forget the time i was leaning over the rafter tails and cutting them straight-line for the fascia. A stray border collie on ground looking up followed me all the way around (it was an all hip roof) and pounced on each peice of roughly inch an a half cut-off after it had bounced on the ground.
April 24th, 2008 at 6:18 pmBest joys are when the hip beams all land on the appropriate marks upon the main ridge.
Wow! F’inf A.
April 24th, 2008 at 6:50 pmWish i could have seen that, with the dog.
and it is the coolest thing ever getting the roof on to a house. really makes all that hard work official.
oh and one time we were working in the country in indiana and we were working inside this house (rough framed) and we’re hammering and stuff for about 2 hours and looked up and there was a raccoon sleeping the trusses right above us. obviously didnt mind us being there or the noise haha he finally just crawled down on his own sweet time and walked off into the woods
April 24th, 2008 at 7:03 pmIn and around the Seattle area you can get bald eagles(even got to see a pair taloning once), sometimes hear sea lions barking, or if you get into a green belt, you might get an occaisional sharp shinned hawk colliding mid-air with a chickadee or sparrow. Awesome to see. The outdoor workshop has its priviledges often times. That is interesting about the raccoon, I’ve seen them feasting on several birds nests mid-day, but yours reminded me of the cat that came around one day and, atypical, didn’t run off at the pull of a skilsaw trigger. I put some catnip out the next day and from then on he’d spend half his mornings up in the trusses following me and my help around. Put us to shame with its agility.
April 24th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
007. Sorry, by worst i meant video not saw accident. That gruesome video about the poor hurdler involved her hyperextending her leg to the point that she could have untied her shoe with her teeth. Regular T.V.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:54 pmDUUUUUUDE! WHAT THE FUCK!?!?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:11 am