Nail Gun Training and Safety Quiz

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  • The operator of a pneumatic nailing tool must keep the trigger depressed while moving between operations.
  • The safer type of nail gun is the sequential trip, which requires two separate actions to fire the gun.
  • A contact trip (also called bump or bounce) nail gun is as safe as a sequential trip nail gun.
  • Some employers are not aware that nail guns can be changed to the safer sequential mode, and so they leave the guns with the contact trigger.
  • Always use the nail gun in sequential trip mode.
  • Never hold down the trigger unless the nose of the nail gun is pressed against the item to be nailed.