# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at PROTECTO WRAP
> OSHA SIR `2020021938` · 2/28/2020 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** PROTECTO WRAP
- **Location:** 2255 S Delaware St., DENVER, COLORADO, 80223
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a sensor on a tank. The scale on the tank read zero so he thought the tank was empty. When he removed the sensor, hot asphalt sprayed out and the employee sustained second degree burns to the face and arm.

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