Multiple Incidents Related To Iron Nails Have Occurred Frequently: Rescue Efforts And Accountability Procedures Are Carried Out Simultaneously

On August 24th, evening, a 5-year-old girl in Mengzi City, Yunnan Province suffered an accident while playing. Her palm was pierced by an iron nail and the nail was driven into multiple layers of wooden boards. The situation was critical. After receiving the instruction, the Mengzi City Fire Rescue Brigade and the medical staff of the First People's Hospital in Mengzi City jointly launched a rescue operation. During the rescue process, the firefighters operated carefully. They first used pliers to peel off the surface wooden boards layer by layer, and then used a wooden cutting machine to make precise cuts on the thicker bottom layer of the wooden board. They strictly followed the guidance of the medical staff throughout the process. Finally, they successfully removed the wooden boards and the medical staff successfully removed the iron nail. The entire rescue took only 38 minutes. The girl's mother said that the child was playing at a neighbor's construction site when she accidentally tripped over a wooden board and her palm was pierced by the nail. This incident reminds parents to strengthen the safety supervision of children and keep them away from dangerous environments.
Coincidentally, in the same month, in Hangzhou, a 11-month-old baby also got into danger due to an iron nail. The night before, the baby pulled out a nail from somewhere and licked it out of curiosity. Due to the sister's intention to take the nail away, the baby had a "food protection" reaction and swallowed the nail. The local hospital was troubled by the fact that the nail was too long in the airway. The parents drove two hours urgently to the Chaohui District Hospital of Hangzhou Women and Children's Medical Group. The radiologist saw the X-ray results and was also shocked. This nearly 4-centimeter-long iron nail was slanted across the trachea and the tracheal bifurcation's carina, in a dangerous position. Every cry or cough could cause the iron nail to pierce the tracheal wall, leading to pneumothorax, mediastinal emphysema, or even massive bleeding. And the chest X-ray before the operation showed that the iron nail was still moving downward. The hospital quickly opened a green channel, and the respiratory medicine department, otolaryngology department cooperated to use endoscopic intervention technology to remove the foreign object. The thoracic surgery department, intensive care unit were on standby. Finally, the doctor carefully used an object basket to enclose the nail head and successfully removed this "time bomb". The baby recovered safely.
Not only in the safety of children, but also in the food field, there were problems caused by iron nails. On March 19th, 2025, a citizen in Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province reported that a child ate an iron nail from an Yijianwa Supermarket. The supermarket staff confirmed that the bread was homemade and sold by the supermarket and suspected that it was mixed with nails during the production process, not intentional. The Foshan Shunde District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau has intervened in the investigation and is searching for the cause of the nails' appearance by reviewing the kitchen surveillance. This incident has also aroused public concern about food safety and hygiene.
In the field of transportation and travel, iron nails also caused many troubles. On July 18th, early in the morning, a large number of iron nails were scattered on Nanping Expressway in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, causing many passing vehicles' tires to be punctured. The Shenzhen Longgang Traffic Police investigated and said that the nails fell due to an accident involving a truck transporting nails, not intentional. The damaged vehicle owner could contact the traffic police to register and report. Additionally, the owner of a restaurant in Lianzhou, Wu, because he thought that Jiang and Huang parked their cars in the public parking space in front of his restaurant and affected his business, was dissatisfied and placed iron nails on the tires of their cars. Fortunately, no traffic accident occurred. The next day, Wu placed iron nails on Huang's car again. Huang called the police, and Wu was arrested for intentionally placing iron nails on others' car tires, which was sufficient to cause the car to overturn or be damaged. His behavior constituted the crime of destroying a vehicle, and he was sentenced to three years in prison, with a three-year and three-month probation. This warns people that when encountering problems, they should solve them through legal means and must not take such dangerous and illegal actions.