Stormin 9,981 #1 Posted January 14, 2014 I once was burning bolt heads off some steel work. I was wearing rigger boots at the time and an overall leg had ridden up over the top of one. As one bolt head dropped off it went inside the boot. I got a very nasty, painful burn on top of my foot, where the red hot metal got wedged between my foot and the boot. Now if I'm doing any oxy work I make sure nothing can get inside footwear. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chazm 413 #2 Posted January 14, 2014 Bin there /done dat Using torches is always dangerest . Be sure to protect yourself from hot coals just like you said . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 2,570 #3 Posted January 14, 2014 hehe, the amount of times I get hot bits of weld and spatter in my ear... or down my sleeve... or in my shoe... I've done a few jigs they would be proud of on riverdance 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.5racer 14 #4 Posted March 17, 2014 wear ear plugs to keep those sparks out of your ear ...littlest spark can destroy hearing loss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,125 #5 Posted March 17, 2014 It happens. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,010 #6 Posted March 17, 2014 I remember working in an auto shop. We had a guy who always kept a rag hanging out of his pocket. He was cutting off an exhaust when the rag caught fire. I yelled to him and he put it out. The guy next to him, who was a ball buster had gotten the water hose out. He let him have it even though the fire was all ready out! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,125 #7 Posted March 17, 2014 Probably, just lucky he didn't get you too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dodgemike 52 #8 Posted March 17, 2014 My 85 year old father still has a hole/scar in his side. He was cutting tie rods on rail cars and the large nut went right down the collar of his jacket. He was lucky the jacket was a leather bomber jacket from the war. He laughs now about trying to grab it through the coat and hold it away from his skin. I am sure it was not funny then. He bought me a leather weldors jacket that snaps up tight. Sent from my SCH-S720C using Tapatalk 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SousaKerry 501 #9 Posted March 17, 2014 Yup been there done that. One day on the farm I was cutting up rebar for a project we were working on and a chunk of slag fell directly into my open tennis shoe and lodged itself in between the tongue and my foot still have the scar. Of coarse being an dumb a$$ teen-ager I was wearing shorts and a t shirt cause it was hot out. The next day I spent welding them all together in shorts and a t shirt again. That sun burn was the worst one I ever had now I always wear the green jacket and pants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,010 #10 Posted March 17, 2014 I was cutting off an exhaust and had just cut off a clamp. Next thing I know someone Hess "your boot is on fire". I had stepped on the hot clamp and the heel was smoldering. There was an imprint of that clamp in that heel for a year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorseFixer 2,012 #11 Posted March 20, 2014 If you do any amount of fabrication and welding at all, no matter how careful you are you cant tell where a welding spark is going to fly. I've got my ARSE chewed out by my wife a zillion times for ruining good clothes, I have just come to the conclusion that things happen and its all part of it. Clothes like welding rod, wire, and gases, are CONSUMABLES same as is your skin and flesh! We are all going to get our lumps doing the things that we love in this case working on our horses. Ya know what..... I don't know about you guys, I wouldn't have it any other way! Battle scars build character! ~Duke 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coadster32 793 #12 Posted March 20, 2014 Yeah, I fell victim to self induced fire using a cutting torch as well. Glad I don't have to work on that trailer anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
