Mass. Man Accidentally Catches Fire While Putting on Sunscreen
- Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:31pm by
Liz Klimas
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(Image: Banana Boat)
Most everyone knows about the warning on aerosol cans that advise against using the product near an open flame or heat. Brett Sigworth was aware of these warnings, but he still caught fire after spraying on sunscreen and then moving toward his charcoal grill.
Sigworth of Stow, Mass., says he was far from the grill when he sprayed on the Banana Boat lotion and rubbed it in. He also says that the can doesn’t mention anything about a risk of becoming flammable after applying the product completely.
The CBS affiliate WBZ-TV reports Sigworth suffered second degree burns anywhere he had applied the lotion. Sigworth said, “I sprayed on the spray-on sunscreen, and then rubbed it on for a few seconds. I walked over to my grill, took one of the holders to move some of the charcoal briquettes around and all of a sudden it went up my arm.”
WBZ more specifically notes the warning on the spray lotion states “flammable, don’t use near heat, flame or while burning.” But Sigworth did not think this warning applied to after the product had been rubbed onto ones skin.
After catching on fire, Sigworth told WBZ his friends and girlfriend helped snuff him out, which doctors say helped lessen the degree of his injury.
Sigworth has an attorney, but he is not suing Banana Boat. He simply wants to know why more testing wasn’t done on the product in this manner and would like to see more warnings on the canister.
Watch the CBS report:
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Comments (58)
valleyfever
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 10:28pmHe probably wants more of those ridiculous orange stickers on the container. It’s an aerosol stupid!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 10:47pmHe’s got an attorney, but he isn’t going to sue…..I believe that about as much as I believe Obama will create more green jobs.
Report Post »insight
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 9:50pm“I dont wanna get burnt so Im just gonna spray on some of this OH MY GOD!” thats comic gold.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:57pmLol
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 9:33pmPutting on sunscreen your not doing it right.
Report Post »Angel_light
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:51pmStupidity at it’s best. I guess his brain was fried prior to this incident
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 10:22amWell, his chest was fried, anyways.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:51pmYou cannot fix Stupid!
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:33pmDidn’t Tanned Heat have a song about this. “Goin’ up the Chimney” ?
Report Post »WelshPennsylvanian
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:27pmHere’s your sign!
Report Post »Wolfgang the Gray
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:18pmSo he thinks a flammable product is no longer flammable when applied to skin? Well, the key part of the article is “But Sigworth did not think….”
Now he gets to pay (as Dave Ramsey says) “Stupid Tax.”
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:06pmHot Dog
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:51pmWhy should we all pay for his stupid mistakes? What a waste of tax payer dollars!
Report Post »koyettsu
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:01pmWell no kidding, you sprayed alcohol on your body and then stood over an open flame? What did you think was going to happen moron?
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:05pmUm… what? Evidence that you should also not huff the contents of a spray can. At what point in the story was the American taxpayer alluded to?
Report Post »infortheride
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:50pmSounds like SPF=30, FPF(fire protection factor) =0
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:29pmwow! just smooth on and bake! isnt that just what suntanning is?
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:17pmOut of the fire and into the frying tan.
Report Post »bigdaddyt46
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 6:35amHAHAHAHAHAHA nice play on words
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:14pmU.S. Department of Communism Rules Home BBQ:
Report Post »Every grill owner will be required to obtain an operating permit after passing a government fire safety exam (50 dollars) and equip their grill with a with a fire extinquisher to be inspected annually for re-permitting (100 dollars)by the fire department. Additionally, fuel fumes contribute to climate change. Fuel will be restricted to cow plops which don’t require flammable fuel starter. Plops may be obtained from a government licensed distributor. Anyone using charcoal and lighter fluid will be fined 10k and subject to 10 years in jail…and, yes, we will be sending the Greenazis SWAT teams to your home.
In order to fight our obesity epidemic and be conscious of animal rights approved foods for grilling are as follows: fruits, vegetables,nuts and grains and donuts (NY only). Homegrown foods of any kind are illegal.
ww2daughter
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 8:02pmWay too funny, souunds like my husbands sense of humor. I used an aerosol sun screen (I have had 2 types of skin cancer). So I liberally doused myself with the spray only to break out in blemishes where the spray was applied. (it took 2-3 weeks for the blemishes to disappear). There was nothing on the label for any skin reactions, and I have since changed my sun screen. But yes, anything that is an aerosol I believe has alcohol in it although I am not sure about that.
Report Post »merik59
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:01pmWow. Man On Fire. Pass the salt. Oops, I meant for the food. Don’t use spray on sunscreen, I can remember that.
Report Post »ShawnB
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:01pmsunscreen causes cancer. If you dont believe me then look at your ingredients. If it says aluminum then you understand what that does to your body.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:33pmBut the fire kills the cancer…
Report Post »SERUM
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:59pmIs he sure he wasn’t using the new all-in-one Kingsford sunscreen and charcoal lighter fluid?!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:55pmI guess he can be grateful that he wasn’t at a nudist resort….
Report Post »SERUM
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:53pmThat was worth a couple chuckles… ” Would you burn me, …I’d burn me.”
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 9:27pmNice.
Report Post »KingDork
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:52pmPerhaps he is really a vampire and thought what they did in the Blade movie would apply to real life…
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:48pmhe must be a liberal and the sunscreen has holy water added to it .
Report Post »alpha2omega47
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:46pmAnother law suit for sure. Blame stupidity on the sun screen company for not having enough warnings on the sunscreen container. “Do not be within 20 feet of charcoal grill or open fires after applying sunscreen.”
Report Post »bigdaddyt46
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 6:39ammore like warning: you must have a brain to use this product.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:45pmLittle know fact, kerosene makes a great sunblock, and gives your skin that healthy glow……just don’t smoke or be around any flammable source.
Was the name of the sunblock “Richard Prior’s SPF 1000″?
Maybe he was just getting ready for Burning Man.
Ironically he was humming “I’m too sexy for my skin, too sexy for my skin.” as he put on the sunscreen.
There was also a man named Buffalo Bill in the room telling him “It puts it on its skin, or it gets the fire again.”
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:39pmMassachusetts liberal Obama supporter -
Report Post »USAqh
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:38pmI thought sunscreen was supposed to STOP burns? whoops
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