Man 'unaware' of nail lodged in skull

[308Mike]

Just goes to show you, you can take an injury an not even know how bad it is.............

Man 'unaware' of nail lodged in skull after home improvement accident
Published January 06, 2014 | news.com.au



A man who had a 8 centimeter-long nail embedded in his skull after a home improvement accident had no idea until doctors carried out a CT scan.

The 55-year-old Chinese man, named by local media as Mr Yang, was using a cutting machine when the accident happened.

"The nail that got stuck in the cutting machine flew out when I turned on the machine. It ripped into my head and left a small hole on the skin," Mr Yang told the Sky News.

Not realizing the nail had embedded Mr Yang went on with his day. But after he got sick he went to doctors who discovered the nail had penetrated his eye socket.

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[Cobar]

This is not the first time I have seen the whole nail in the head thing. Nasty

[308Mike]

This is not the first time I have seen the whole nail in the head thing. Nasty

And AFAIK, almost ALL of them seem to be from China.

[Cobar]

And AFAIK, almost ALL of them seem to be from China.

Maybe our politicians can go over there and try to institute nail control and leave us alone for awhile.

[Aesop]

That's mainly luck. But it isn't that rare.

Realize though, that this genius is the guy building your furniture now. Note the hospital name on the side of the CT in the original article.
Taken by a CT scanner that was very likely made by GE, here.

[Cobar]

That's mainly luck. But it isn't that rare.

Realize though, that this genius is the guy building your furniture now. Note the hospital name on the side of the CT in the original article.
Taken by a CT scanner that was very likely made by GE, here.

It does feel odd to be making stuff at work that is GOING to China.