Have been building a large shed for my dad for a couple weeks.
Today I took a nail from an air nailer gun to the fucking top of my head. Thankfully, it "only grazed along my skull." Let me tell you, it hurt like hell going in and it hurt like hell coming out. If nothing else, it did not pierce my skull. Let me show you what I'm talking about:
That son of a bitch, is an air nailer gun. It was loaded with a 3 1/2 inch framing nail (which thankfully was not barbed). It "double fired." This means that it shot one nail into the wood like it should have and then it shot a second nail straight onto the metal head of the last nail, making it ricochet. Five things saved me. 1.) The air compressor had not recently activated, meaning the air pressure was not nearly as high as it could have been. 2.) The nail shot was a ricochet, meaning it had a significant amount of force diverted from its velocity (it hit the head of the previous nail, then the metal hurricane brace and wood, and finally went four or so feet down through the air from the peak of the roof to where I was on a ladder). 3.) Evidently my head was at an angle relative to the nail that allowed it to graze (instead of penetrate) off a hard part of bone instead of where two plates would come together (which would be solid but still easier to penetrate). 4.) I didn't panic and I climbed down the 10 ft ladder gritting my teeth and crying after the initial scream. This also kept my blood pressure down and although head wounds bleed like hell, lessened the bleeding to the point where I didn't pass out. 5.) I knew to pull the nail out in exactly the same way it went in, as opposed to ripping more tissue (you'd be surprised how much exit wounds happen in this type of situation when people should just leave it in and not move ANYTHING or only pull it out if you know EXACTLY what you're doing).
Four stitches, an ER visit and pain meds later, I'm doing better than I was. The nail skidded along my skull for under an inch or so under my scalp, but that's far more than you ever want a nail in your scalp. The doctor said I wasn't lucky to have a nail in my scalp but was lucky something that long didn't go through to my brain. Tetanus shot, those self dissolving stitches, and some other stuff later and there you go....
I had dinner with my mom and dad immediately after and my mom actually made fun of me and demanded I stop sighing/making noise.... Keep in mind, this was about 2 hours after the accident where a fucking nail went into my head and got stuck in my scalp. We had just literally gotten back from the pharmacy to pick up my pain meds, which had not really kicked in yet, so things were still hurting. She was bitching at me to quit whining and that I was too old for that and that it was really time to stop.... I don't give a shit how old you are, you get a nail stuck in any part of you like that and it's gonna hurt like hell. I let her have it and blew up on her. No regrets. If you spend time consoling the roofer who accidentally shot me (it wasn't really his fault), then you can show a hint of giving a fuck about your own son, who was busy building a large shed FOR YOU FOR FREE when a nail went into the fucking head.... This is not a negotiation, this is a shut the flying fuck up moment and have some god damn compassion bit of time right there. I've been shot before, and this was about on par with that when you consider the location and the fact that I had to feel the damn nail being pulled out.... (With a bullet, it stays in til they numb and operate).
I'm not doing shit on that god damn building anymore.
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