posted by: Jonathan on
2/7/2012

For more than 24 hours, Dante Autullo had a 3 1/2-inch nail embedded in his brain and didn’t know it. Autullo, 32, of Orland Park, Illinois, accidentally shot himself in the back of the head with a nail gun while working in his garage. He thought his injury was just a laceration and that the nail had whizzed past his ear. But he felt nauseous and a CAT scan revealed the nail’s presence. While the nail was able to be removed and Autullo is expected to make a full recovery, this incident could have been prevented. According to OSHA, nail gun injuries are responsible for approximately 37,000 emergency room visits each year...