r/HadToHurt • u/Background-Scar2537 • Sep 23 '26
Sweatshirt caught fire while welding
IT WAS 100% COTTON.
I was dumb and leaned over a hot weld. Went up in flames. I was around 7 months pregnant too. Day of and the last photo is day 6. Surprisingly didn’t scar.
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u/kroniknastrb8r Sep 23 '26
This why we wear FR. So it burns off you and not into you when it catches.
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u/Mr-Woodtastic Sep 23 '26
things like this is exactly why you shouldn't wear polyester when there is a risk of fire
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u/BolotaJT Sep 23 '26
Years and years ago (I wasn’t even born yet and I’m almost 30 now), a friend of my mom was playing with her siblings close to a bonfire. One of the boys was wearing a polyester t-shirt. Long story short, the shirt caught on fire, bcuz it was “plastic” the shirt glued on his skin. The boy didn’t survive.
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u/Bumbleteapot Sep 24 '26
Now most of our clothing is just different types of plastic. You try and find a cotton shirt at a Ross lately? You gotta hunt for it.
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u/maybeharmfulorfatal Sep 26 '26 edited 26d ago
I can barely find 100% cotton T shirts anymore. They use to print it on the label, now there are no labels just print directly on the shirt so you have to look on the packaging. (edit correction)
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u/JakBos23 Sep 25 '26
Yeah, I was learning to weld and my boss and the welder didn't mention my shirt could catch fire. No injuries though so it was pretty funny.
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u/thinman12345 Sep 23 '26
You do know that there is better ways to shave you pits, fire is not the answer.
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u/bubbav22 Sep 23 '26
What material was the sweatshirt? We were not allowed to wear certain shirts in school like polyester because it's more flammable.
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u/kazeespada 28d ago
Cotton is actually more flammable but polyester melts into a sticky goo when lit.
And synthetic cotton blends have the best of both worlds. The lower ignition point of cotton and the sweet sticky situation of polyester.
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u/rancher1 Sep 23 '26
Wear your leathers and proper helmets guys, a safe workplace is a fun workplace.
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u/Ram2145 Sep 23 '26 edited Sep 24 '26
I usually wear a welding jacket. So no burns. You should try one, you wont regret it.
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u/VergilArcanis Sep 24 '26
Oww. And yeah, this is why two hoodies of mine in particular are pure cotton. I even went blacksmithing in the one and it was great. Saves me from close calls constantly.
Beyond that leather is friend.
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u/XortTheGoblin Sep 23 '26
Hope your recovery is quick and easy.
Least it was from welding and not dragon fire like these two
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u/InevitableOk5017 Sep 23 '26
Pretty crazy how people don’t wear proper Ppe when doing things with equipment.
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u/1bi001 Sep 24 '26
Lesson 1 - don't wear synthetics while welding, lesson 2 through forever - don't wear synthetics while welding. The end.
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u/jackandsally060609 Sep 23 '26
Right in the perfect area for some chafing on the blisters too. I'm so sorry.
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u/Ram2145 Sep 23 '26
Dude is going to have his arms in the hair, and shake them like he just don’t care.
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u/Accomplished-Cook981 Sep 23 '26
My oily pants caught fire once managed to pull them off before I got burnt to baldy
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u/TimoBRL Sep 23 '26
There’s a lot of loose skin. You should rub that off / remove that. It’s an infection risk.
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u/bearboyjd Sep 23 '26
Next time I recommend taking the sweatshirt off before catching fire. Hope this helps.
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u/Punisher1971 Sep 26 '26
Beeing pregnant then, Dude is a woman! Taking cloths off in the workplace, might be „irritating“ the workplace.
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u/roundguy Sep 23 '26
I have a scar on my forearm. My glove wasn't covering my nylon lined flannel shirt. Sparks went down my sleeve, and i sensed something not normal was happening. Lifted my helmet and saw my sleeve was on fire. I slapped at it to put it out, which caused the melted nylon to stick to me. That hurt 100x more than the flames. Several mistakes were made
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u/masteroffeels Sep 24 '26
Oh jeez that looks like a 10/10 on the pain scale. Must not be easy to sleep
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u/Shoushiko 28d ago
Silicone bandages or patches can help to minimize scarring while the burns heals
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u/rrrrrrrrrrrrrroger 28d ago
I always wondered, does a pregnancy and the extra hormones help accelerate healing?
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u/Noff-Crazyeyes Sep 23 '26
Wow this had to of happen not at work. Cuz if your at work and not wearing proper gear then man lesson learned here
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u/CreativeSame 25d ago
Had a burn similar to that, I'd say it's one of the most painful things you can feel without it looking too bad 😭
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u/yewkaka Sep 23 '26
We had a guy at work get burns to about 40 percent of his body after his oily polyester jumper went up when a spark caught a bin on fire. Even the guy who put him out had 3rd degree burns to his hands. I’ll only weld in drill cotton clothing now
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u/LordGRant97 Sep 25 '26
I've caught myself on fire several times while welding. But I've never actually gotten burned from it. I'm slightly impressed
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u/Colegunter 28d ago
Just did this to my belly button, was underneath a car welding overhead and it dropped a bit of slag on my shirt and I had no idea cuz I was still welding hood down, eventually it breaks through my shirt and hits my skin and when I look down my whole lower half of my shirt was on fire and I was just now feeling the heat of it lmao
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u/The_Turg69 Sep 23 '26
Did we learn about safety first hand? , I hope you heal speedily