diff --git a/data/json/items/tool_armor.json b/data/json/items/tool_armor.json
index e797ef81c7ed7..dd06674cdc3cb 100644
--- a/data/json/items/tool_armor.json
+++ b/data/json/items/tool_armor.json
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
     "color": "yellow",
     "name": { "str": "mining helmet" },
     "description": "This is a mining helmet with a heavy-duty LED flashlight.  Using this will turn the flashlight on and provide light, assuming it is charged with batteries.",
-    "flags": [ "WATERPROOF" ],
+    "flags": [ "WATERPROOF", "PADDED" ],
     "price": 12500,
     "price_postapoc": 250,
     "material": [ "plastic" ],
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
     "type": "TOOL_ARMOR",
     "name": { "str": "mining helmet (on)", "str_pl": "mining helmets (on)" },
     "description": "This is a mining helmet with a heavy-duty LED flashlight.  The flashlight is turned on, and continually draining its batteries.  Use it to turn it off.",
-    "flags": [ "LIGHT_450", "CHARGEDIM", "WATERPROOF", "TRADER_AVOID" ],
+    "flags": [ "LIGHT_450", "CHARGEDIM", "WATERPROOF", "TRADER_AVOID", "PADDED" ],
     "power_draw": 15000,
     "revert_to": "miner_hat",
     "use_action": { "ammo_scale": 0, "menu_text": "Turn off", "type": "transform", "msg": "The %s flicks off.", "target": "miner_hat" },