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Nail
Gun Defects and Safety Issues |
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| Since 1991, nailgun injuries have risen about 200 percent, the Centers for Disease Control said in an April 2007 weekly report on death and disease. The CDC noted that this increase likely corresponded to an increase in availability of inexpensive pneumatic nail guns and air compressors (to power the nail guns) in home hardware stores. And while the number of work-related nailgun injuries has stayed stable since 1998, consumer-related injuries have soared. "During the 5-year period 2001-2005, an average of approximately 37,000 patients with injuries related to nail-gun use were treated annually in emergency departments, with 40 percent of injuries occurring among consumers," the report read. Emergency departments treated three times as many consumers with nail-gun injuries in 2005 as they did in 1991, the report noted. |
| According to a 2004
report by the Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC), there were 183 deaths and 418,610 emergency-room-treated
injuries in 2001 associated with power tools
and workshop equipment. Tools such as drills,
nail guns, and various forms of power saws can
pose serious risk of injury or death when they
lack proper safety mechanisms. |
| The law in most states provides individuals with legal
claims and the right to compensation for injuries they suffer as a result
of a defective product or the negligence of another. The injured person
may file a lawsuit seeking compensation for his or her pain and suffering,
medical expenses, lost past and future wages and punitive damages. |
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| Lieff
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