# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Owens Corning
> OSHA SIR `2016010253` · 1/11/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** Owens Corning
- **Location:** 8360 Market St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a hose at the unloading bay to move a vehicle to another location. The valve was not shut off at the time and hot asphalt was released, burning the top of both of the employee's hands and wrists. The employee was hospitalized.

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