Builder is lucky to be alive after firing an inch-and-a-half nail into his CROTCH barely missing arteries or anything more sensitive
Ouch: Horrifying photographs of the accident were captured by Mathew Meagher, a colleague of the
unfortunate 22-year-old who does not want to be named
A 22-year-old workman is lucky to be alive after accidentally firing an inch-and-a-half nail into his own crotch - only just missing his penis.
The builder mistimed pulling the trigger on a hydraulic hand nail gun while working on a site near Swansea and was left with an excruciating injury.Horrifying photographs of the accident were captured by Mathew Meagher, a colleague of the unfortunate 22-year-old who does not want to be named.
Mr Meagher, 30, from Swansea, claims the construction worker 'wasn't fazed' as he stood with the heavy-duty nail embedded into his crotch last Thursday.
Mr Meagher, who runs his own building firm, said: 'For want of a better phrase, the nail was pretty much through his d**k. He was very, very lucky.
'If it had been any closer the doctors said it would have gone straight through one of the main arteries. He came over to me and said he'd shot himself.
'It's something that shouldn't happen, and at first I couldn't see anything. And then I saw it. I just went white. I said to him, "Jesus, what's that?" I couldn't believe it.
'He wasn't crying or screaming in pain or anything, he was just dead calm. It hadn't fazed him at all. He said his leg was starting to go numb, but his demeanour just wasn't changing.'
Mr Meagher claims the builder even asked whether he should pull the nail out himself, but he advised against this for fear of it causing more damage.
A 22-year-old workman is lucky to be alive after accidentally firing an inch-and-a-half nail into his own crotch - only just missing his penis.
The builder mistimed pulling the trigger on a hydraulic hand nail gun while working on a site near Swansea and was left with an excruciating injury.Horrifying photographs of the accident were captured by Mathew Meagher, a colleague of the unfortunate 22-year-old who does not want to be named.
Mr Meagher, 30, from Swansea, claims the construction worker 'wasn't fazed' as he stood with the heavy-duty nail embedded into his crotch last Thursday.
Mr Meagher, who runs his own building firm, said: 'For want of a better phrase, the nail was pretty much through his d**k. He was very, very lucky.
'If it had been any closer the doctors said it would have gone straight through one of the main arteries. He came over to me and said he'd shot himself.
'It's something that shouldn't happen, and at first I couldn't see anything. And then I saw it. I just went white. I said to him, "Jesus, what's that?" I couldn't believe it.
'He wasn't crying or screaming in pain or anything, he was just dead calm. It hadn't fazed him at all. He said his leg was starting to go numb, but his demeanour just wasn't changing.'
Mr Meagher claims the builder even asked whether he should pull the nail out himself, but he advised against this for fear of it causing more damage.
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