Damn those Hitachi nail guns. Sue the *******s.

Seriously, it is easy to spot the problems with this accident:
1) shooting a nail into concrete with a nail gun points to no training for
the employee. There are specialized tools for this.
2) three weeks on the job. Sounds like a day laborer to me. No training.
Asking for problems.
3) originally from Mexico. Possible language barrier. I had some Indian
programmers working for me once. No matter what I asked them to do, the
answer was "I can do dat. I can do dat.". They could not do dat as I later
found out.


"JIM" wrote in message
news
Saw this story on the newswi
http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=552076

Man Shoots Eye With Nail Gun, Pulls It Out
Construction Worker Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Eye With Nail
Gun, Then Pulls It Out

The Associated Press
Mar. 4, 2005 - A construction worker accidentally shot himself in the
eye with a nail gun and then pulled the 2 1/2-inch nail out of his
face, according to a police report and a co-worker.

Joseluis Franco, 19, was using an air-powered, Hitachi nail gun to
help build a home Wednesday when a nail bounced back and lodged in his
eye, crew leader Rogelio Ocampo said. Franco was nailing a two-by-four
to concrete when the nail ricocheted.

Franco was conscious when police arrived at the scene and was taken to
St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, where he was treated and
released. Police said Friday they don't know the condition of Franco's
eye.

Originally from a town near Acapulco, Mexico, Franco has been in the
construction business for about three weeks, Ocampo said.

"I don't know what's going to happen to him," Ocampo said. "I don't
know if the insurance is going to cover his bills or anything."
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There seems to be a high rate of these nail gun accidents
happening lately. Kind of makes me glad that I don't own a
nail gun.

JIM