# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Hamilton Roofing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098870` · 9/19/2016 · CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** Hamilton Roofing Inc.
- **Location:** Cape Canaveral Air Station, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, 32920
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting ready to start the kettle motor on the tar kettle. The pipe was not hooked up yet, causing hot tar to burn his face, neck, and arms.

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