# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at J & T Paving and Excavating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074823` · 7/19/2015 · NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fire, flame
- **Secondary source:** Road grading and surfacing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** J & T Paving and Excavating, Inc.
- **Location:** 137 Clements Drive, NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26155
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was heating up sealer on a seal coating sprayer. The employee lifted up the lid of the sealer container and a flame shot out, burning the employee's left hand and forearm.

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