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Been there, done that, shot my thumb too, cut the bulk of the nail off with my pliers so I could drive. I drove all the way home (took this picture) and then when to the ER to have them pull it out. Hmm, maybe it's time I up my insurance amounts.
I didn't have a camera/cell phone with me, but mine looked a lot like that except that the nail went under the bone, not across the top and was almost perfectly centered across the thumb..
The ER was particularly quiet that day. Word got around of the "guy with the nail through his thumb" and about half the ER staff dropped by to check it out. One orderly commented, "that's the coolest thing I've ever seen!". The guy in the next room had stepped on a nail that was protruding through a small board and embedded it in his foot. He hobbled in on crutches to see it. (That's a kind of celebrity that I could do without!)
Damn! Was it able to be repaired? Still able to function? I would have passed out for sure.....
hand healed and works fine like it never happened.
Docs were amazed at how clean the slice was and it missed every nerve, tendon, and artery.
Scar tissue was the worst issue, took better part of 8 years for that to stop hurting.
I didn't have a camera/cell phone with me, but mine looked a lot like that except that the nail went under the bone, not across the top and was almost perfectly centered across the thumb..
Interestingly, the ER staff told me that the most common nail gun injuries that they see were people shooting themself in the knee. Apparently people tend to hold the trigger down while carrying the gun and when they brush their leg with it, the gun fires. The barrel is at about knee level so the nail enters anywhere from the knee to the ankle.
This one isn't a DIY Oops, but a DIY fix. We bought this house back in '99 and spent most of 2000 fixing and updating it.
It had a huge fireplace and hearth that had a lot of issues. It took up entirely too much of the room, the chimney leaked, the dampner was stuck close with debris above, the chimney was load bearing to the roof instead of the ground, etc.
So some time around 2009 I'd had enough and decided to take it out. The first picture shows the scale of the thing. Note the ceiling joists. The chimney is nearly 6 feet wide and 4 feet deep. The hearth extends it to 9' wide and 6' deep. At this point, the chimney is gone from the roof and the roof repaired. I'm now taking it down to subfloor level.
Most rooms in the house were originally covered with 1/8" wood paneling as was common in the are in 1965. You can see the paneling near the top. We'd already replaced the rest of it in the room.
Here's what we found once the fireplace was gone. They had butted the back of the fireplace up to that 1/8" wood paneling with no barrier and nearly burned the house down. Note the dark plume rising from the charred spot. If that had ever gotten air, they'd have burned that house down, maybe with them inside.
Years ago i was putting my 460 back into my ranger after replacing the crank, overlooked the no grade bolt i used to attach the chain to the hoist. After raising the engine almost high enough to start shoving it in place the bolt sheared off, 460 hit the concrete and cracked the front of the block near the water pump.
Years ago i was putting my 460 back into my ranger after replacing the crank, overlooked the no grade bolt i used to attach the chain to the hoist. After raising the engine almost high enough to start shoving it in place the bolt sheared off, 460 hit the concrete and cracked the front of the block near the water pump.
That had to hurt. Did it take the front of the Ranger with it?
Dang, it's good thing it happened then and not when your hand was under it trying to install a bolt.
I was very glad the only damage was the engine itself, after that event i decider that ranger was cursed and got a fullsize to turn into a cut up mud beater.
Years ago i was putting my 460 back into my ranger after replacing the crank, overlooked the no grade bolt i used to attach the chain to the hoist. After raising the engine almost high enough to start shoving it in place the bolt sheared off, 460 hit the concrete and cracked the front of the block near the water pump.
Certainly a bit late to that party but its one reason I have nothing less than Grade 3 or higher in my little garage/shop---more often its Grade 5 as they're bought in bulk and frightfully cheaper by the 100. I'll also use SAE or hardened washers and nuts---it tends to reduce scary situations like Team Danger experienced.
I'm sure the lesson was learned and never repeated. Glad you're safe!!
I'm sure the lesson was learned and never repeated. Glad you're safe!!
It was, i buy grade 8 in bulk and i now only use grade 8s for lifting engines into projects. Ive learned to pay much more attention as ive gotten older and somewhat wiser.
This happened about 33 years ago. I had a 3-speed 340 Plymouth Duster and lost 1st and 3rd gear. So I drove it into my garage, putting the front wheels up on ramps and then jacking up the back end and slipped jack stands in. I pulled the transmission out, replace a broken shifting fork and put it all back together. During the course of the reinstall of the driveshaft, I had to turn the differential yoke in order to get everything to line up. Naturally, to be able to do this I released the parking brake so that I could turn the yoke. So far so good, right?
I jacked the back end up to remove the jack stands. Then I lowered the jack and was 'surprised' to find that the car obeyed the laws of gravity and rolled backwards off the front ramps. No problem right, just back away quickly and all will be well. Nope,............
For reasons we'll recognize it came to me just now I had a similar oopsie a few years ago. Swapping a non-tilt steering column for the tilt version in my 2000 E-250 w/4R70W transmission. Did NOT set the e-brake OR chock the wheels, what could go wrong huh? I park nose out in my sloped driveway, always thought I wasn't completely stupid.
About 95% done with the swap, had only to connect the shift cable to the column and without thinking pulled the transmission out of park. Being mid-day on a Sunday not too much traffic thankfully so the van rolled forward just about halfway into the street before it stopped---my feeble attempts to stop it by hand were fruitless, needless to say. :eel:
I hopped in, started the engine and manually pulled the cable finding reverse and backed into the driveway again. The really foolish part is I thought to set the e-brake several times but never did. Also have tire chocks I use often for other chores except this time.
My incident and Alloro's just go to show some potentially horrible things can happen in a nano-second and catch us completely off-guard. I'm glad we've all survived so far and I'm equally sure have learned lessons too.
^^^ i had one sorta the same^^^
rebuilt the steering column on my 88.
well when i put it in the truck, i put the column on the steering box 180 out.
no problem i thought, when i get home i will spin it 180.
pulled up to the garage, opened the door and started unbolting. when i lifted the column out to spin the shaft 180, it popped the trans out of park and the truck rolled backwards.... with me standing in the open door.
it rolled about 4 foot and the door hit the snow plow on the front of the 79 F350 which stopped movement.
i was able to finish the column spin, and bolt it all back together without any damage because the plow was angled and fit the open door almost perfectly.
Not sure 'bout you but that instant you know what's happened and that we could have prevented in AND thinking how to stop the roll takes what seems like a week.
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