A 17-YEAR-OLD boy was today recovering in hospital after accidentally firing a barbed nail into his leg.
Jason Ward, of Blackburn, underwent surgery to remove the two and a half inch nail which was embedded in his bone.
He had been using a compressed air machine for inserting nails at Shaw Packing, Bridge Street, Church.
Paramedics had to give him pain killers before taking him to Blackburn Royal Infirmary where his condition was today described as "satisfactory".
Paramedic Alan Slater, of Accrington ambulance, said: "He had accidentally fired a barbed nail through his lower leg into the bone. "He was in considerable pain when we arrived."
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