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I didn't know these dangerous things were allowed

savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2012 in General Discussion
in Chicago

Man unaware he shot nail into his brain

ORLAND PARK, Ill. -- A suburban Chicago man thought the errant nail that discharged from the gun he was working with had whizzed by his head. Instead, it was lodged in his brain.

Family members say Dante Autullo spent more than a day with the 3 1/2-inch nail in his head before having it removed Thursday.

The 32-year-old was tinkering in the garage of his Orland Park home Tuesday when then the nail gun went off. He saw a small wound but couldn't find the nail and didn't think much of it.

He went to work the next day but later went to the hospital with nausea and one monster of a headache.

That's when an X-ray uncovered the nail.

Autullo is recovering after a four-hour surgery to have the nail removed
http://www.wdbo.com/news/news/local/man-unaware-he-shot-nail-his-brain/nGWfJ/

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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I hope he got a tetanus shot.
  • dan kellydan kelly Member Posts: 9,799
    edited November -1
    that was on the news here tonight...makes you wonder what he was drinking, i think most people would be aware if they had a nail in their head[xx(]
  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Actually the brain does not have pain sensors. He'll be very lucky if he doesn't end up with some sort of infection from the foreign object lying in the brain for that length of time.
  • diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,338 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He's stupid enough to live in Chicago, his brain was already infected.
  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427
    edited November -1
    Clearly we need background checks and restriction on the sale and possession of them and also limitations on where one can be used or carried.
  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Guess he got nailed [:D]
  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Those nailers are no joke..
    When I was building my house I had a toe-nail slip off the board & go 50' & through both sides of my shop (galv. steel).
    [xx(]barto[xx(]
  • bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by diver-rig
    He's stupid enough to live in Chicago, his brain was already infected.


    +1 I lived there long enough to know its not my kind of place.
  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 23,478 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My Stick Nailer Froze One Day And Double Tripped
    Sending A 16 D right through My Left index finger middle Knuckle
    Stopped 1/2 Way through
    had to Pull it out with vise grips Twist to Break the Rosin loose then Pull yeah that was a Good time!!!![xx(]
    Tore off piece of tee shirt Wrapped it up Worked rest of the Day
    And Went to Emergency Room After Work.
    Son in law Working With me Said Your Crazy OL' Man....
    We got the Walls Of that Home Built and Stood In Place though.
    A Man Has to Do What he Has To Do[^]
  • Rocky4windsRocky4winds Member Posts: 760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by RugerNiner
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    If this is the guy from the article, then why is the nail pointed toward the front of his head, not towards the back???? Kinda suspicious don't you think???
  • SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    quote:Actually the brain does not have pain sensors.

    yeah, but the skull and overlying scalp do!
    wonder why he didn't feel anything till later on???
    "drugs? nah, don't need 'em"[:0]
  • djh860djh860 Member Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Luckily he doesn't use his brain so the damage won't be noticed.
  • Waco WaltzWaco Waltz Member Posts: 10,836 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    And here I thought I was tough for staying on the job at the saw mill after breaking my index finger! I saw a Dr. Three days later. A guy should probably go to the ER right away for that kinda injury.

    quote:Originally posted by woodshed87
    My Stick Nailer Froze One Day And Double Tripped
    Sending A 16 D right through My Left index finger middle Knuckle
    Stopped 1/2 Way through
    had to Pull it out with vise grips Twist to Break the Rosin loose then Pull yeah that was a Good time!!!![xx(]
    Tore off piece of tee shirt Wrapped it up Worked rest of the Day
    And Went to Emergency Room After Work.
    Son in law Working With me Said Your Crazy OL' Man....
    We got the Walls Of that Home Built and Stood In Place though.
    A Man Has to Do What he Has To Do[^]
  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    there is always someone one step ahead[8D]


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  • RocklobsterRocklobster Member Posts: 7,060
    edited November -1
    Pop told me to always keep the nailer pointed away from my face and hands. Mom still worried about putting an eye out anyway.
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