# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at OWENS CORNING HOUSTON ROOFING PLANT
> OSHA SIR `2016010255` · 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:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** OWENS CORNING HOUSTON ROOFING PLANT
- **Location:** 8360 MARKET STREET RD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 324122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee burned the tops of both hands and wrists while disconnecting a hose on the asphalt machine.

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