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.
- Nail guns are responsible for an estimated 37,000 emergency room visits across the United States every year.
- About 66 percent of nail gun injuries occur in framing and sheathing work in residential construction.
- 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.
- More than half of reported nail gun injuries involve the hands or the […]
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