Nail Guns Or Stud Drivers

30YOM PRESENTS W/PAIN AT THE BASE OF HIS RIGHT GREAT TOE AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT WITH A NAIL GUN/ROOFING NAIL. HE PULLED THE NAIL OUT PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. OCCURRED AT HOME. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND OF FOOT

27YOM WITH INJURY TO RIGHT LOWER ABDOMEN. PT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A NAIL GUN AND ACCIDENTALLY INSERTED A NAIL INTO THE RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT. DX: ABDOMINAL WALL PUNCTURE WOUND, DEHYDRATION

47YOF WAS OPERATING A NAIL GUN AND HOLING A BOARD WHEN THE NAIL DROVE INTO HER FINGERNAIL ON HER LEFT INDEX FINGER. DX PUNCTURE WOUND WITH INJURY TO NAIL OF THE LEFT INDEX FINGER.

20 YOM WAS WORKING WITH A NAIL GUN BUILDING A POLE BARN. HE IS PUTTING WALLS UP INSIDE A POLEBARN. HE WAS HOLDING THE NAIL GUN AND HIS LEFT HAND EXTENDED OUTWARD WHEN THE NAIL RICOCHETED OFF OF SOMETHING HARD IN THE WOOK AND CAME BACK AND ANGULATED INTO THE ANTERIOR PART OF RIGHT WRIST. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT WRIST FROM A NAIL GUN. A 16 PENNY NAIL ENTERED ABOUT 2 INCHES

65YOM PRESENTS AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A NAIL GUN, THE NAIL CAUSED A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER DX: PUNCTURE WOUND OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER

62YOM WAS USING A NAIL GUN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND STATED THAT IT WAS HEAVIER THAN HE ANTICIPATED AND HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF WITH A NAIL INTO HIS FINGER. DX: FOREIGN OBJECT IN FINGER

57YOM WITH C/O OF A NAIL THROUGH HIS THUMB. HE WAS HANGING TRUSSES IN 30 MILE AN HOUR WIND AND WENT TO NAIL DOWN THE TRUSS WITH NAIL GUN AND GOT HIS THUMB. DX: PUNCTURE TO THUMB

44YOM ACCIDENTALLY SHOT NAIL FROM A NAIL GUN INTO HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND WITH A FOREIGN BODY OF HIS HAND DX: INJURY OF LEFT HAND BY NAIL GUN

60 YOM WAS USING A NAIL GUN TO NAIL TWO 4X4S TOGETHER AT HOME YESTERDAY WHEN IT FIRED, NAIL CAME OUT AND WENT THROUGH HIS GLOVE. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

29YOM, C/O PUNCTURE WOUND, SHOT HIMSELF W/ NAIL GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND

21 YOM HELPING FRIEND TRYING TO UNJAM A NAIL GUN AND NAIL WENT INTO HAND DX PUNCTURE WOUND HAND

42YOM PRESENTS TO THE ED AFTER THE PATIENT WAS USING A NAIL GUN WHEN A NAIL WENT THROUGH THE PATIENT'S THUMB COMPLAINING OF PAIN AND LACERATION. DX: THUMB INJURY, FOREIGN BODY IN THUMB

Dewalt D51825 clipped head framing nailer began to fire nails in "full automatic" mode without the trigger being pulled a few seconds after I connected it to compressed air. Approximately 10 nails were fired before I disconnected the air hose. Fortunately it was pointed in a safe direction and resulted in neither personal injury nor property damage. Pressure was 120PSI, the tool's rated pressure. I had planned to use it to drive some framing nails. Dewalt model D51825 TY1 Use: Light, infrequent residential Serial number or date code or whatever, below model number, stamped on frame near trigger: 13019021 C BJ

I have a pneumatic 21° Angle Full Head Framing Air Nailer. It is model 97511 sold by Harbor Freight. When it has only a few nails left in the magazine the trigger is blocked to prevent you from running out of nails and leaving a mark on the wood from the hammer anvil. When the nailer needs to be reloaded I remove the air-line from the gun for safety. I then open the magazine slide to insert a new stick of nails. Once the new nails are in the nailer, I reconnect the air-nailer. There is a safety on the air nailer to prevent it firing a nail unless the nailer anvil is firmly pressed against the object to nail. The trigger must then be pulled. On what is now three occasions, the nailer fired a nail as I was connecting the air-line. The trigger was not pulled and the nose of the nailer was not touching anything or depressed. The nail flew out of the gun at a high speed. Once it stuck into a piece of wooden siding, once through the plastic top of my step ladder and a third time is launched like a bullet across the room. This is a clear hazard. If some-one was standing in front of the nailer when I connected the air, they would have been seriously injured.

Caller had been having problems with his 7.+ volts cordless framing nailer and it's dependability to fire as many nails as promised. He contacted the manufacturer on April 8th, 2013 to inform them that the less than one month old framing nailer advertised that it would fire 6000 nails with each charge, however he was only able to fire about 15 to 20 nails before having to charge again. He was told that it may be a defective battery and the representative (he did not obtain a name) would look into it. He hadn't heard anything yet from the manufacturer when he needed his framing nailer for work, on April 15th, 2013 he had fired about 45-60 nails and was preparing to charge the nailer so that he could nail 15 or 20 more, however this time when he plugged the unit in to charge it, he heard a loud pop and the battery with nailer burst into bright sparks and flames. He extinguished the fire, unplugged the nailer then checked the surrounding area. He contacted the manufacturer again on April 16th, 2004 to advise that he was reporting a severe fire hazard with fire. He spoke with [REDACTED] who informed him that she would be sending a replacement over night. He is reporting this product as a severe safety hazard and would ask that the public be alerted, this incident happened outside of his home, most of his chargers are in his basement and he states that the nailer happened to be on charge while he was working outside of the home and while he was standing there but if the nailer had been charging in his basement and if he had been elsewhere it could have burned his home down causing property and potential human damage.

Purchased the Central Pneumatic 28 degree framing nailer at Harbor Freight Tools. Upon using this nailer it will routinely double fire if you are not applying EXTREME force against the nail gun. It did get me in the finger but just a glancing shot (thankfully). Upon checking the reviews of this nail gun it appears that this is a common problem. This happened when I was running at 120 psi per the manual. This is an extremely dangerous nailer. Thanks for your concern. It appears that the model # is 68068 it is listed same as item #.

I was using the Hatachi coil nailer NV83A2 to nail studs when a nail flew out and hit my finger.

Nail gun shot out sideways into eye.

Hitachi Air coil nailer (model# NV83A2), (serial# D20797), the nails are side discharging when fired and hitting the individual firing the air nailer in random spots. The issue is happening intermittently. The nailer is approximately 8-10 years old and not covered by manufacturers warranty.

The consumer indicates that he was using his nail gun when at one point it shot three more nails out, with one of them going through the corner of his left thumb. The consumer immediately removed the nail, wrapped his thumb with a towel to stop the bleeding, and put a bandage over it. The consumer has tested the product and the same thing keeps occurring. The consumer contacted the Manufacturer and explained the situation; the representative he spoke with informed him they would replace the product with a different brand and that he should expect a call from corporate however the consumer has yet to receive a call. The consumer states that he had only used his unit four times before the incident. The consumer plans on keeping his nail gun for at least the next thirty days in case an investigation ensues.