FFs Free CO Man Who Nailed Hand to Roof

    June 6, 2018
    Colorado Springs firefighters responded Tuesday morning after a carpenter nailed his hand to a roof while he was installing exterior sheathing.

    By Ellie Mulder

    Source The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

    Colorado Springs Fire Department
    A Colorado Springs firefighter uses tools to help free a carpenter who accidentally nailed his thumb to the roof of a home on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.
    A Colorado Springs firefighter uses tools to help free a carpenter who accidentally nailed his thumb to the roof of a home on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.

    June 05 -- A carpenter nailed his hand to a roof Tuesday morning in northeast Colorado Springs, said Fire Capt. Brian Vaughan.

    Firefighters rescued him from atop a home near Coepoke Road and Stonefly Drive, where he had been installing a fascia or soffit board, Vaughan said.

    The man shot a 2½-inch nail through his finger and was "anchored to the structure" on the first-floor overhanging roof, firefighters said on Facebook.

    "He was really tacked in there," Vaughan said.

    Firefighters removed the nail from the roof, helped the man down and sent him to a hospital.

    The Fire Department recommended reading the Occupational Safety and Health Administration pamphlet on nail gun safety.

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