When I was in college, my friend's boyfriend sat down on the bed, right next to where his friend had put his mini-ironing board and a very hot iron. The iron fell right into his thigh. Unfortunately, he had on nylon jogging pants and the nylon actually burned into his flesh. I ended up taking him to the hospital (he didn't have a car) and he had third-degree burns as well as having to have the nylon removed from his tissue. It was horrible. The smell was horrible. I am now almost paranoid when I have my iron sitting anywhere near where it could be bumped into.