# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Koppers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129526` · 12/16/2015 · FOLLANSBEE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Tars, sealants, caulking, insulation, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Koppers, Inc.
- **Location:** 810 Koppers Road, FOLLANSBEE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26037
- **NAICS:** 325194
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 16, 2015, at approximately 2:52p.m., an employee was hospitalized after receiving burns to his neck, ears, head, and hands.  The employee was preparing to unload a coal tar pitch railcar.  The line on the railcar was opened without relieving pressure and material sprayed onto the worker.

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