# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Tecta America South Florida, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087640` · 8/15/2016 · MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA
## 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:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** Tecta America South Florida, Inc.
- **Location:** 15901-1515, MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA, 33014
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading an asphalt kettle when the asphalt splashed on and burned his hands, face, and chest.

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