# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at IKO MIDWEST, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191011069` · 10/23/2019 · KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** IKO MIDWEST, INC.
- **Location:** 235 W. SOUTH TEC DRIVE, KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, 60901
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing a steel plug from a pump. Hot asphalt sprayed their faces, causing burns.

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