Man shoots nail into own head and doesn't even notice !!

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Man shoots nail into own head and doesn't even notice !!

Posted: 9/6/2002 1:15:15 PM EDT

Man shoots nail in his head, doesn't notice

Associated Press
Sept. 06, 2002 11:00:00

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.- A nail in the brain has got to hurt, right? Not to construction worker Jorge Hernandez, who accidentally shot himself in the head with a nail gun and didn't realize it.

Hernandez says he didn't know he had a nail in his head until he saw it in the mirror of his car. The nail apparently ricocheted off a piece of metal, went through his eye socket and lodged in his brain.

He says his face felt hot but he didn't even have a headache. It took doctors three hours to remove the more than-three-inch long spike. Somehow, the nail managed to miss his eye and not cause any brain damage.

Hernandez's brain surgeon feels that kind of luck is better than winning the lottery.

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Posted: 9/6/2002 1:20:58 PM EDT

[#1]

cali smog deadens pain.

Posted: 9/7/2002 11:23:17 AM EDT

[#2]

THis must happen quite alot, or at least I have read about quite afew occurances here in the past few months. Guess I didn't realize that nailguns were such complex machines to handle [rolleyes]

Posted: 9/7/2002 11:54:37 AM EDT

[#3]

These horrendous things should be registered. The people that operate them should be trained. Maybe we should ban these "nailguns". Do it for the kids.

Posted: 9/7/2002 12:02:49 PM EDT

[#4]

I saw him on a Spanish TV station. He has a big nasty "Mexi-Mullet"and lived in what looked like a straight up barrio. He scares his 4 kids now. What a fargin' idiot!!!

Posted: 9/7/2002 1:43:27 PM EDT

[#5]

OUCH!

Posted: 9/7/2002 2:51:43 PM EDT

[#6]

Now really, most people are going to notice if they shoot themselves in the face with a nail gun. This guy must have been using some kind of medication to deaden his nerve endings.

Posted: 9/7/2002 2:54:48 PM EDT

[#7]

"and not cause any brain damage."

Geee anyone care to hazard a guess as to why this occured????

I say that the target was too small.

Posted: 9/7/2002 3:14:24 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
These horrendous things should be registered. The people that operate them should be trained. Maybe we should ban these "nailguns". Do it for the kids.

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I'm glad somebody around here has some sense.

Let me welcome you to MILT (Mothers Insisting on Licensed Tools).

[url]http://www.allmax.com/MILT/[/url]

Do it for the children.

Posted: 9/7/2002 3:22:32 PM EDT

[#9]

Proof that humans use ony 5% of their brains.. this nail must of hit the unused 95%.. [:)]

Posted: 9/7/2002 3:23:36 PM EDT

[#10]

Maybe- some people just shouldn't be allowed to use electricity.
If you were raised in a village hut some where without it, you may not be aware of it's potentially lethal side.[B)]

Posted: 9/7/2002 7:52:55 PM EDT

[#11]

This kind of thing doesn't surprise me.

Several years ago I recall hearing about a WW2 vet that discovered he had a "lump" in his neck

Turns out it was a pistol slug that had been there 50+ years .

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