# First degree heat (thermal) burns at LATITE ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171211786` · 12/12/2017 · JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** First degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** LATITE ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, LLC
- **Location:** 700 Universe Boulevard, JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33408
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling hot tar tanker pipes when the hot tar splashed both of his lower legs, causing first and possible second degree burns.

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