Vraille Darkfang
First Post
My wife works in the CAD Department, doing construction.
Guy at the job wasn't paying close attention with a Nail Gun & Impaled his Right Testicle to the Roof Framing.
It seems that in some of the areas they have to straddle the Frames and Nail as they go.
The proper techinque is to begin just pass your knee at fire the Nail Gun AWAY from you as you go. Then, you can pull yourself forward & repeat.
Some guys find it easier to simply stretch out as far as they can reach & Fire Nails towards their body. Stopping, then scooching backwards.
Seems this guy was using method #2 & not paying close attention.
So the familiar:"Thump: Nail-Wood"; "Thump: Nail-Wood"; "Thump:Nail-Wood"; became...
"Thump: Nail-Wood"; "Thump: Nail-Wood"; "Whump: Nail-Denim-Wood"; "Thwack: Nail-Denim-Skin-Muscle-Skin-Denim-Wood"; "Thwack: Nail-Denim-Scrotum-Right Testicle-Scrotum-Denim-Wood".
This was followed by a "AIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! HELP!!!! I Nailed by (Bleeps) to the roof!!!!!"
Thus follows a 911 call & 5 minutes waiting on an ambulance.
Did you many roofing nails have little backwards barbs on them, ensuring they remain impaled in the wood, and are thus nearly impossible to pull out?
I learned something new today.
Any way, the Peramedics had to cut the section of the roof he was impaled on away so they could lower him to the ground.
Then, in a Bob Via moment, they had to use a hacksaw, turned sidways into the wood, to cut the body of the nail off above the barbed part embedded in the wood.
Extraction of the steel spike from the Right Testicle was then possible.
Did you know the male testicle can survive being impaled with no lasting structural damage?
I learned something else new today.
The best part?
The Paramedic told the guy how lucky he was (The guy seemed to disagree).
Told him that if hadn't impaled his thigh first & thrown his aim off...
The Pressure Caused by the Wide Nail Head driving Flush into the Wood would have Ruptured his Impaled Testicle. (The EMT had seen it before).
I was a little surprised that the EMT had seen enough of these Nail Gun Testicle Impalments to be a good judge of severity.
So, the guy is going to be OK (Might walk a lil' funny for a few days).
A little Swelling. A few Stitches. Investing in Admantine Codpiece.
A-OK. (They gave him some pretty powerful pain meds).
So, to Sum up.
If using a Nail Gun, make sure you never aim anywhere remotely near your crotch.
Guy at the job wasn't paying close attention with a Nail Gun & Impaled his Right Testicle to the Roof Framing.
It seems that in some of the areas they have to straddle the Frames and Nail as they go.
The proper techinque is to begin just pass your knee at fire the Nail Gun AWAY from you as you go. Then, you can pull yourself forward & repeat.
Some guys find it easier to simply stretch out as far as they can reach & Fire Nails towards their body. Stopping, then scooching backwards.
Seems this guy was using method #2 & not paying close attention.
So the familiar:"Thump: Nail-Wood"; "Thump: Nail-Wood"; "Thump:Nail-Wood"; became...
"Thump: Nail-Wood"; "Thump: Nail-Wood"; "Whump: Nail-Denim-Wood"; "Thwack: Nail-Denim-Skin-Muscle-Skin-Denim-Wood"; "Thwack: Nail-Denim-Scrotum-Right Testicle-Scrotum-Denim-Wood".
This was followed by a "AIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! HELP!!!! I Nailed by (Bleeps) to the roof!!!!!"
Thus follows a 911 call & 5 minutes waiting on an ambulance.
Did you many roofing nails have little backwards barbs on them, ensuring they remain impaled in the wood, and are thus nearly impossible to pull out?
I learned something new today.
Any way, the Peramedics had to cut the section of the roof he was impaled on away so they could lower him to the ground.
Then, in a Bob Via moment, they had to use a hacksaw, turned sidways into the wood, to cut the body of the nail off above the barbed part embedded in the wood.
Extraction of the steel spike from the Right Testicle was then possible.
Did you know the male testicle can survive being impaled with no lasting structural damage?
I learned something else new today.
The best part?
The Paramedic told the guy how lucky he was (The guy seemed to disagree).
Told him that if hadn't impaled his thigh first & thrown his aim off...
The Pressure Caused by the Wide Nail Head driving Flush into the Wood would have Ruptured his Impaled Testicle. (The EMT had seen it before).
I was a little surprised that the EMT had seen enough of these Nail Gun Testicle Impalments to be a good judge of severity.
So, the guy is going to be OK (Might walk a lil' funny for a few days).
A little Swelling. A few Stitches. Investing in Admantine Codpiece.
A-OK. (They gave him some pretty powerful pain meds).
So, to Sum up.
If using a Nail Gun, make sure you never aim anywhere remotely near your crotch.