Don't Shoot Yourself in the Foot
A study just out by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that somewhere around 37,000 people went to the hospital this past year due to shooting themselves with a nail gun....not cool.
Non-professionals (aka DIYers) accounted for approximately 14,000 of those visits. Now even though that is only 40 percent the number of injuries stood at 4000 a year a little over a decade ago.
75% of the injuries were to the hands, fingers, and arms.
This leads me to plead with everyone to be careful. I worked as a furniture maker for about a year so I have seen some nasty accidents, (think 5/8" drill bit through the hand), and those are professionals.
Remember, nail guns are guns, they shoot things, they are usually loaded, and they also have trigger guards, use them. If you need to buy a nail gun, learn how to use it. I have an electric nail gun that I purchases at Lowes about a year ago. Mine has two safety switches. It has a switch on the nose and also a thumb safety at the top of the grip. I never put it down without both safeties on.
One last thing, if you really need to use a nail gun, have your wife or girlfriend do it. 95% of the injuries were suffered by men.
--Clint--
2 comments:
Great advice for your readers. Last year one of my carpenters shot himself in the forearm with a finish nail guy. It happens more often than people think and it's because people forget how dangerous a tool it is.
It is really terrible thing,but if i need to use a mail gun,i won't ask my girlfriend to do it,i just want to put on the beautiful wedding dress for her,how can i ask her to do such a dangerous thing for me?Thanks for your advice all the same.
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