Dimitri, our carpenter, was talking with Emily in our kitchen. Then they heard Jeff call from upstairs. Dimitri called back, "Just a minute Jeff!" Jeff yelled louder. Dimitri ran upstairs to find Jeff with his finger nailed to a ceiling joist.
Jeff had accidentally slipped his finger behind a board that he was putting in with a pneumatic nail gun. We won't post the picture of Jeff's finger stuck to board after Dimitri cut the board out with a saws-all.
When Dimitri came back downstairs he asked Emily to call for help. She called 911 and calmly said that we there had been an accident in our house. I can't recall exactly what Emily tried to say. But it resulted in a confused 911 operator saying, "How old are you?" Emily replied, "31." Finally, Emily convinced the 911 operator that an ambulance was needed. I think this was classic Emily emergency behavior. I wonder why she loses the ability to raise her voice and express concern in an emergency?
Meanwhile Dimitri contacts the boss, Josh the builder, with a text message. "Jeff has nailed himself to house. Jeff passed away in ambulance." He meant passed out, thankfully. Josh, who pays the insurance bills, quickly calls back to see if they can keep Jeff from riding to the hospital in the ambulance.
The removal of the nail was painful. Thankfully it did not damage any bone or ligament. Josh gave Jeff the next day off. We were all glad to see Jeff back on the job that Friday. He might end up with a scar and good story of the day he "passed away" on the McEntyre expansion project.
