Dante Autullo should consider himself a lucky man after he accidentally fires a nail from a nail gun into his brain.

Autullo was standing on a ladder driving nails into the wall over his head when the gun slipped and pressed against his skull. What he thought was just a scratch turned out to be a nail lodged in his skull.

Autullo said that it felt like a punch to the head but he didn’t realize a nail had fired into his brain. After complaining of a severe headache he went to the doctor where they discovered the 3 /12 inch nail on an X-ray. He then underwent surgery to remove the nail. Doctors say there doesn’t seem to be any lasting effects from the injury.