I fell into running boil kettle (photos)

[IPA-Hole]

I like Piso Mojado - wow dude, can't imagine the constant pain you must be in. Sheesh!

 

[helium2s1]

Unlucky Dip lager. Get well soon, man.

 

[BrandonMH]

I have burned myself on 300 plus degree heating elements, but nowhere near that bad. Sorry to see this and hope the beer is excellent!

 

[Kwitty]

I second "Second Degree Lager"! Has a nice ring! I've had a second degree burn before, but nothing like that! I'll drink a homebrew in your honor tonight!

 

[Betkefest]

I have to admit this reminded me of a super-hero origin story. "Mild mannered home brewer falls into boiling malt and hops and emerges . . . Wort-Man!"

Only amusing because you're healing. Get better!

And I also like "Second Degree Lager"!

 

[Reaperswoman]

So very sorry for your injury.....hoping better soon!

 

[Albianfire]

Holy *+=#%!!!! Dude! That's sick! I got a similar hand burn as a teen blowing my hand up with gun powder. Blisters the length of my fingers. All I can say is ice water bath and drink heavily! Good luck with that bro!

 

[MaryB]

Brewery name: Bad Luck Brewery
Beer: Boiled alive Lager

This makes me glad my driveway is still gravel so the garage floor always has grit on it!

 

[JIGSAW]

Eina Dude. Get well soon.

 

[user 117534]

Banana Boat makes a burn relief cream with aloe and lidocaine that really helps with burns. I've never had a burn as bad as you have, but, I've had some pretty bad ones and this stuff really works well. It's called Soothe-a-caine and they sell it in a spray bottle so you don't have to touch your skin. Keep it in the fridge so it's nice and cold when you need it. There's a few other similar products at Walgreens and CVS but I've never used them. Taking a vitamin D supplement is a good idea too.

Hope that helps!

 

[dsniegocki]

DAMN that sucks, hope you are well soon. "Piso Mojado" was by far the best idea, you should even do a yellow label on the bottle with the little stick figure guy slipping.

 

[AkTom]

DAMN that sucks, hope you are well soon. "Piso Mojado" was by far the best idea, you should even do a yellow label on the bottle with the little stick figure guy slipping, into a boiling keggle.
Ftfy

Try egg whites on the burns. It helps my wife's minor burns. Well yours are a bit extreme. Do what the doc says.
Brew on.

 

[behindthetimes]

Just want to say thanks to all for the well wishes and the genius brew names. I love them all. Wish I could go through and like all the posts, but that's a bit too much work for my good hand. I'm an outpatient now at a burn clinic, they say I'm doing pretty well and probably won't need skin grafting or any of that, and that I'll probably be able to get back to brewing in a few weeks. Needless to say I'll be paying a bit more attention to wet floor (piso mojado!) safety around the boil. I'm a pretty careful guy, but this is not something I ever lent much of a thought to before all this happened. I hope this does serve as a cautionary tale to my fellow brewers.

 

[Yesfan]

Just saw this thread from a link in another topic. Wow.



Been there, done that. When I was 19, I worked at this restaurant where I was the fry cook one night. I had to empty the oil vat during cleanup. I slipped on the floor and dumped almost 8 gallons of hot fry oil down my legs and into my shoes (typical Sebagos style shoes), I don't know how hot the oil was, but I'm sure it was way north of 212. I had huge second degree blisters on my feet. Those pics of your hand jogged those painful memories. I feel for you and hope you have a speedy (and painless) recovery.


Oh, how about "Long Arm of the Lager"? Seems all the good names were taken.

 

[unionrdr]

Forgive the short post, I can only type with one hand. Brewing a Mexican lager, 10 gal, 3 days ago. Walking past the full rolling boil, slipped on wet garage floor and landed left arm fully submerged up to elbow. I've never experienced pain like this. Docs say it's under control, but I think I'll be in a lot of pain for a long time. Lager is turning out great though. Hit my numbers. Buddy finished the session up after I left for ER.

Looks like my lower left leg did, starting last February with this weird, weeping leg infection complicated by old, deep blood clots in my left thigh. I definitely feel your pain. It's a bitch having a leg or arm wrapped in that damn cast padding wrap with an ace bandage on top of that in warm weather. Those blisters pop & then stick to the bloody mummy wrappings. Gee, that's fun ripping them off to change'em!...not.

 

[mikescooling]

I burned 80% of both hands trying to stop a refrigerant leak. It just took a second. The next day it looked like I had white puffy gloves on..... It will heal for the most part in two weeks, but don't let it get infected and don't let the bandages get dry and stick to the damaged skin, because it will rip the new skin off with the bandage.

 

[mikescooling]

The type of dressing is called a "wet to dry dressing" so it never drys out. The hospital should have told you how to pack this wound? Try to never take skin or damaged skin (blisters) off with the bandage. Those blisters and the fluid produced under them is helping you heal.

 

[ImNoExpert]

 

[k1ngl1ves]

Wow! Good luck on your recovery! That looks awful.


Boiling that much liquid is dangerous. This is why everyone should be doing "no boil" brews. It's a far safer alternative, and you can still make great beer. This thread is proof that boiling can kill you.


Does this argument sound stupid? Yep! So does all the "only use plastic carboys" arguments.

 

[passedpawn]

^^ Please don't change the subject here to suit some unrelated agenda of yours. Start a new thread, or post in a related one.

 

[k1ngl1ves]

^^ Please don't change the subject here to suit some unrelated agenda of yours. Start a new thread, or post in a related one.

Oh, no agenda. I'm just fooling around. Plus, I posted a Dancing Banana. That's HBT's equivalent of Diplomatic Immunity. It's cool. I promise.


Now that I'm thinking on this, perhaps you may have overlooked the Dancing Banana. Maybe the sun's glare on your poolside seating could have obscured the amusing humanoid fruit from your vision. If that's the case, then I truly apologize, and I will try to find a more visible way to deliver sarcasm/humor.

Thank you for your guidance. My eyes are now open.


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[CascadeOK]

Crap! I just brewed last weekend wearing crocs and almost fell on my butt when I hit a wet spot. You have made me reconsider the consequences of doing that next to my boiling pot!

Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to change the shoes I wear and maybe put down a no skid mat. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

 

[Deckers_Beers]

Holy Hell! Glad to hear you're on the mend, and I will definitely be more careful around my boil kettle...

 

[kcoect]

2nd Degree Ouch Paw Lager?

The Wort Must Go On Brewing Company?

 

[mikescooling]

If I were to guess, I'd say the subcutaneous layer of the skin and subdural layer was not destroyed. I'd guess that skin could regenerate. That burn is bad but I think it's a first degree. Don't get me wrong many of the 7 layers of skin were damaged and I'm sure it's as painful as it gets.

 

[beernutz]

The good news is that you didn't land head first. Get well soon.

 

[MaryB]

What makes it worse is wort is not boiling water, it is boiling sugar water and that STICKS and keeps on burning...

Best first aid is ice cold water as long as you can handle it, cool it off or the skin keeps destroying itself... I laid a knuckle on the edge of a stainless pot last night, measured temp was 350 degrees. I can barely see the spot today because I froze it immediately with a shot from an upside down air duster can...

 

[kev211]

I can barely see the spot today because I froze it immediately with a shot from an upside down air duster can...

I can't tell if that's brilliant or idiotic! Haha
What I can tell you is that my inner pyro wants to test it out...

 

[mxstar21]

Ouch! Get well soon man! Burns are no joke.

 

[BrandonMH]

What makes it worse is wort is not boiling water, it is boiling sugar water and that STICKS and keeps on burning...

Best first aid is ice cold water as long as you can handle it, cool it off or the skin keeps destroying itself... I laid a knuckle on the edge of a stainless pot last night, measured temp was 350 degrees. I can barely see the spot today because I froze it immediately with a shot from an upside down air duster can...

That is around the temp of the sealing heads on the packing machine at work. I have slipped while wiping them down or what not and hit them and I run cold wate or grab an ice pack from my lunch. His burns needed more than an ice pack....to put that arm in an ice bath would have felt just as great as the burn.