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The nail gun is an invaluable tool for those working in the construction industry as it helps increase productivity and efficiency while conserving worker energy. Unfortunately, their malfunction and improper use is also a significant cause of construction site accidents, in both the UK and the wider world.
Nail guns are of most use in the area of wood frame building construction. They are also increasingly being used by members of the public performing do-it-yourself jobs throughout the home.
Statistics detailing nail gun construction site accidents in the UK are hard to come by, so any analysis and breakdown of them is heavily reliant on data from the United States where investigation of nail gun accidents has been more comprehensive.
Studies from the states of Ohio and North Carolina suggest that nail gun accidents are responsible for 3.9% of all construction-related workplace compensation claims in the two states, and there is no reason to believe that the situation is any less acute in the UK.
They are also a significant cause of DIY building accidents, with data, once again from the US, showing that they cause 14,800 injuries per year, with 6% of these patients needing hospitalisation.
Data from Duke University Medical Center and the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety also show that the majority of nail gun accidents result in puncture wounds to the hands and fingers. The next most common sites of injuries were the wrists, forearms, legs and feet.
Injuries like those suffered by the Los Angeles construction worker who had six nails embedded in his skull in a 2004 building site accident are less common. Miraculously, the 39-year-old survived, with a hospital spokesperson commenting, "Four of the nails were embedded in his skull. Another was in his spinal column. Surgeons worked round the clock to take the nails out one by one.
"It was a very delicate process and was not completed for five days.
"The neurosurgeon who operated on Isidro could not believe he was still alive.
"With injuries like that, he should have been dead. He has been taken out of intensive care and although still groggy and on medication is expected to make a full recovery."
With men dominating the construction industry workforce, it will come as no surprise to learn that 96% of nail gun industries are suffered by men. What is worrying for health and safety experts is that the incidence of such injuries has, in the US, nearly doubled in the past seven years.
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