terry1•8d ago

The day a loose nail gun hose nearly took my eye at a job site in Portland

I was framing out a basement last Tuesday over in the Pearl District, and my compressor hose snagged on a stack of studs. When it whipped back, the coupler swung straight toward my face, missed my glasses by maybe an inch. I stood there for a solid minute just shaking, thinking about how close that was. The guy I was working with, Mark, just said "that's why I always zip-tie my hose to my belt loop." Smartest thing I heard all week. I started doing that the next day, and it keeps the line out of the way when I'm moving around. Has anyone else had a near miss with something dumb like air hoses or cords that made you change your setup? What did you do about it?

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jamie_clark8d ago

Man, that's terrifying. Glad you still got both eyes. Zip ties fix a lot more than people think.

angelafisher7d ago

Were you holding the zip ties or did you have to ask someone to hand them to you, @jamie_clark? Can't imagine trying to fish them out while keeping everything still.