Sunday, January 16, 2005
Construction worker finds 4 inch nail in his skull six days later
A nail gun backfired on Patrick Lawler 23 on January 6 while working in Breckenridge Colorado. The tool sent a nail into a piece of wood nearby but Lawler didn't realize a second nail had shot through his mouth. He thought he had a minor toothache and blurry vision, but when painkillers and ice didn't ease the pain, he went to the dental office where his wife works. The dentist discovered that a nail had plunged 1 1/2 inches into his brain, barely missing his right eye. He was taken to a suburban Denver hospital where he underwent a four hour surgery to remove the nail.
