Handyman Nailed with His Own Nail Gun

[TexasStooge]

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) - An Australian handyman admitted he was stupid to shoot himself in the head with a nail gun in a misguided prank that left him with a nail lodged in his brain.

Brad Shorten, a father of three from Victoria state, was enjoying a few beers with friends after working on his house when they began joking about industrial accidents.

Shorten, 33, picked up a nail gun that he thought was empty, pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger.

He later said he had turned off the gun's compressor and taken out its nail cartridge but did not realize there was still enough pressure in the gun to fire a nail.

"My mates and I were talking about construction site accidents and taking your eye out with a nail gun, and I foolishly put the gun to my head and pulled the trigger," Shorten told the Sunday Herald Sun newspaper.

"I did a very stupid thing," he said.

The bizarre mishap left him with a 1.25-inch nail counter-sunk through his skull just behind his temple.

Royal Melbourne Hospital neurosurgeons removed the nail in a delicate four-hour operation even though Shorten, who was expected to make a full recovery, had offered to take the nail out with a pair of pliers.

[wx247]

Ouch... that makes my head hurt just thinking about it. :o :o :o

[azsnowman]

A few months back when we were building the back deck, I was building the form to pour concrete for the landing pad at the bottom of the stairs. I hit a nail with a 32 oz framing hammer, the nail bent over my thumb nail, the head of the nail went DEEP into the wood, I was *kinda* cruxified to the form for a minute, my thumb was turning blue from no blood going to it, I couldn't move, I had thrown the hammer in pain, couldn't reach it.....Michelle heard me YELLIN' curse words at the TOP of lungs, she had to pull the nail.......talk about PAIN! I can only IMAGINE what that feller felt "OUCH!"

Dennis

[stormraiser]

Not too long ago, another dude in Australia did the same thing. Maybe they should use hammers?

[george_r_1961]

I think the moral of the story here is..Do not touch tools after drinking. I hope this guy learned his lesson!