Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ROWELL ROOFING, INC.
Start: 9/2/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015096350 · 9/2/2015 · ROWELL ROOFING, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and trunk
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Roofing asphalt, roofing tar

Employer

Name: ROWELL ROOFING, INC.
Location: 150 J.E. Johnson Rd., PRENTISS, MISSISSIPPI, 39474
NAICS: 238160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a commercial roof when he stepped off a small drop and lost his balance. He grabbed onto the hot mop cart to keep from falling and he was splashed with hot asphalt, sustaining burns to his head and back and requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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