# a very good reason for a wet shirt at work

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Posted by Zonie on June 22, 2023 at 18:28:04

Yesterday afternoon the other Kevin (the refugee from Fresno) was changing furnace three's argon tank when he smelled the odor of burning cloth and felt unexpected heat on his back. He noticed that his work shirt was ablaze--not merely smoldering but actually with flames. His undershirt gave him some protection, and he tore apart the buttons and threw the shirt in the water quench tank. He put what was left of the wet shirt back on and remarked how rapidly shirts dry in Phoenix in June. He had a slightly burnt thumb but declined medical care.

He said it was a fresh shirt and contained no oil, grease or other potential accelerant. I can only presume it brushed against furnace three or adjacent furnace two. The mystery is that modern clothing is supposed to be at least somewhat flame-retardant, and this shirt wasn't flame-retardant at all. Our uniform shirts are made in Haiti. It occurs to me they might not be very diligent in enduring that safety measures more developed countries expect are observed. I wrote an incident report that we both signed and put it on the boss's desk.

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