Since I posted this in a non-relevant thread...
Anyone familiar with an exothermic torch?
Like this...
So, while being used by someone else, in an enclosed environment, when moving the lance, the oxygen blew into a pool of liquid steel, and blew it back into me.
I looked down for a moment, just before, so my face missed it.
But it got caught in the cuff of my right pant leg, burning the entire pant leg.
The coveralls under saved my leg, thank you old timer that told me to wear multiple layers, of non-synthetic material.
The boot was bubbled up.
Sparks made it down my neckline, burning a dozen or more holes in the tee-shirt.
And the elastic in my underwear melted to my belly hair. Which actually was the worse burn I received for that, so I lucked out.
Anyone familiar with an exothermic torch?
Like this...
So, while being used by someone else, in an enclosed environment, when moving the lance, the oxygen blew into a pool of liquid steel, and blew it back into me.
I looked down for a moment, just before, so my face missed it.
But it got caught in the cuff of my right pant leg, burning the entire pant leg.
The coveralls under saved my leg, thank you old timer that told me to wear multiple layers, of non-synthetic material.
The boot was bubbled up.
Sparks made it down my neckline, burning a dozen or more holes in the tee-shirt.
And the elastic in my underwear melted to my belly hair. Which actually was the worse burn I received for that, so I lucked out.