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Man Sent To Hospital After Nailing His Hand To A Roof

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - It was a hard day at work for a carpenter in Colorado Springs on Tuesday.

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(credit: Colorado Springs Fire)

The man accidentally nailed his own hand to a board on a first floor overhang.

He had to wait on top of the roof until emergency responders got there.

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(credit: Colorado Springs Fire)

Those crews were able to remove the nail and then help the man down and into an ambulance.

It's not clear how the man is doing.

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