Nail guns are powerful, easy to operate, and fast at driving nails. But in the wrong hands, they can cause serious injuries, as these statistics show.

1. Nail guns are responsible for an estimated 37,000 emergency room visits across the United States every year.
2. About 66 percent of nail gun injuries occur in framing and sheathing work in residential construction.
3. A study of apprentice carpenters found that about 40 percent of them were injured on one occasion while using a nail gun during their four years of training.
4. More than half of reported nail gun injuries involve the hands or the […]

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