# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at CERTAINTEED
> OSHA SIR `2017032566` · 3/21/2017 · PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** CERTAINTEED
- **Location:** 200 SIERRA DRIVE, PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA, 30269
- **NAICS:** 324122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a shingle manufacturing machine when his right ankle and two right-hand fingers were burned by hot asphalt.

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