A carpenter in Argentina survived a nail which was soon entering his heart when a colleague fired the bolt on his chest.

An X-ray image released  the hospital in Buenos Aires where he was taken after the accident  shows the deadly nail  piercing his heart chamber,Metro reported .The  names of the 19-year-old survivor were not revealed by press time .

He underwent two hours of ‘major surgery’ at El Cruce Néstor Kirchner Hospital.

Doctors decided not to remove the nail immediately as it was ‘acting as a stopper and preventing a haemorrhage’, said the hospital’s executive director Arnaldo Medina.

Dr. Marcelo Nahín warned about the dangers of nail guns saying: ‘They are powerful and easy to operate as they increase productivity, but they are also responsible for around 37,000 visits each year to emergency rooms in hospitals in the U.S.’

By UP