Six nails embedded in the skull of construction worker Isidro Mejia, 39, after an industrial incident caused a nail gun to shoot nails into his head and brain on April 19, 2004, are seen in this X-ray image from Providence Holy Cross Hospital in Los Angel
LOS ANGELES -- A Lancaster construction worker who slipped on the job, triggering a nail gun that shot six of the long projectiles into his head and neck, will join his doctor Wednesday to discuss his recovery.
Isidro Mejia, 39, had four nails penetrate his skull -- three went into his brain -- in the April 19 accident, according to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. Another of the nails lodged in his vertebral column just below the base of the skull.
"The neurosurgeon could not believe Isidro lived. With injuries like that, he should have been dead," a hospital spokesperson told Britain's The Sun newspaper.
Mejia was airlifted to the trauma center at Providence Holy Cross and, in less than four hours, Dr. Rafael Quinonez delicately removed five of the nails, according to the hospital.
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