(OH&S inspectors, look away please) My favorite is when you are laying down that absolutely perfect bead, and then some molten spatter gets inside your glove, or in your boot, and you haven't finished the fillet. And you don't dare give in , 'cause that fillet is looking really great. Only weak...

Let's talk common injuries when welding. The ones I can think of are: the one time you decide to tack without a glove and you fry your finger. The reason why you said screw the glove because the last time you popped a tack the wire shot through the seam of your glove. The infamous spatter in the ear...

We have a sign in our shop that says "Welders. Because even engineers need heroes."