# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ATLAS ROOFING
> OSHA SIR `2017010623` · 1/19/2017 · FORT BENNING, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** ATLAS ROOFING
- **Location:** 3025 2nd Infantry Division Road, FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, 31905
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a container of hot asphalt on the roof when the asphalt splashed him, severely burning his face and neck.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*