Nail gun safety page is aimed at reducing construction injuries
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Nail guns can boost productivity on a construction site, but they also cause tens of thousands of serious injuries each year. In fact, nail gun injuries hospitalize more construction workers than any other type of tool-related injury.
According to OSHA, one study found that two out of five residential carpenter apprentices experienced a nail gun injury over a four-year period. When they do occur, these injuries are often not reported or given proper medical treatment. Research has identified that the risk of a nail gun injury is twice as high when using a multi-shot contact trigger as when using a single-shot sequential trigger nailer.