Liza Jayne McKenna, 40, died of multiple organ failure due to burns to her legs and buttocks, leaving lumps of pink flesh in the bathtub.
McKenna and her boyfriend, Carl Land, had been drinking heavily since the afternoon and watching Big Brother, Sheffield Coroners’ Court heard.
Land fell asleep and McKenna decided to run a bath at her flat on Martin Street, Upperthorpe.
Land, of Morgan Road, Southey Green, told the court: "I wanted to go to the toilet and I saw her in the bath.
"I noticed her legs were pink. When I realised I helped her out of the bath and she wasn’t saying anything."
The court was told McKenna started to towel herself dry.
"She wasn’t saying she was hurt, and asked me to get her a jug of water," said Land.
Land fetched her some water which McKenna promptly poured on her legs saying, "my legs are burning".
He said: "It looked as if there was blood coming through. It seemed she caught her left foot on the bathroom door. She left a lump of skin on it."
She was taken to Northern General hospital on July 26 this year and died six days later.
In a statement from pathologist Dr. Nick Tiffin, the court heard McKenna suffered from depression, mania, psychosis and alcohol abuse. He said that she also had a history of self-harming, smoked excessively and was morbidly obese.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, Assistant Deputy Coroner David Urpeth said: "I am satisfied that this was a case of somebody who had been troubled for many years and had taken solace in alcohol to a significant extent.
"She got into the bath that night, not intending it to be too hot and as a result suffered from burns that led to her death."
Robert Golledge
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