Repition of tasks can lead to distraction & accidents.
I was making a 90 small drawer storage cabinet to store nuts, bolts, fasteners, etc,etc. Now the drawers are made of 1/8″ & 1/4″ pine.
Neat little drawers, cutting hundreds of sides, backs & bottoms of different sizes was time consuming. I used a Grex Headless Pin nailer & glue to assemble each drawer. Unfortunately, I got caught up in repitition of the task & sent a 3/8″ pin into my left middle finger. (see photo attached). At first I realized what I did but didn’t feel any pain, so I though I got lucky & the nailer ran out of pins. Too bad I checked and there were 3 pins still n the nailer. I couldn’t see the pin in my finger or feel it. It took a visit to the Emergency Department & then a Sergeon to remove the pin. Turns out it went into the bone. Lesson learned: Pay Attention!
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Feel Better
Thanks for posting - hope you're doing well - I'll heed the reminder to be careful
I think we better keep you away from the framing nailers -
SA
Pain
Strange how some major damage doesn't hurt. Got hit by rockfall while climbing at Seneca Rocks, W VA. once that tore open my left arm, left some flesh hanging out and chipped the bone and it hardly hurt at all right at the time. Have had splinters that hurt worse.
Good thing it missed your joint. Be safe.
show us which fingure again...
At least framing nails have the chance of bouncing off the bone and not penetrating it. I’ll bet that was tricky to get out. I did that with a stapler once but all it took was some pliers. I must admit that I catch myself day dreaming during repetitive operations. Getting nicked with a saw blade brings you out of the clouds pretty quick. Thanks for the reminder. Glad you are not in pain.
yikes
Looks like a 1/2 pin, have had my fair share of nail gun wounds , the pinners scare me the worst ... no head to pull out.
I have used an Senco pinner for quite a while now and it demands my utmost respect, no safety tip from the factory ... is yours the same?
How did they get that out of your bone?.. many surgeons are wood worker hobbyists , maybe yours was a carpenter hobbyist with some small nippers.
Repetition can lead to injury, Cut up parts for kitchen drawers today ... 52 in total .
glad it was not worse
tom
Jack,
Sorry for your accident.
Seems like the 4 rules of gun safety might apply to nail guns, too:
1 Treat every gun as if it is loaded
2 Never point a gun at anything you are not willing to destroy
3 Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot
4 Be sure of your target, and what's behind it.
As you pointed out, repetition can lead to carelessness, that and inattention are not compatible with safety.
Be careful out there,
Ray
One More Rule
Don't even pick up a a gun until your safety glasses are on !
SA
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