# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Cockney Roofing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054504` · 5/23/2016 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** Cockney Roofing, Inc.
- **Location:** 1486 Belleair Rd., CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33756
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring hot tar from a tote bucket to a mop cart when the person mopping went to dip the mop. The hot tar then splashed up and inside of the employee's glove, burning his right forefinger, thumb, and hand.

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