# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Sealcoating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088465` · 8/17/2018 · PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Wheelbarrow
## Employer
- **Name:** Sealcoating, Inc.
- **Location:** Fall river Expressway, PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND, 02871
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wheelbarrow to pour hot stone and rubber into a bridge plug joint when the wheelbarrow started to tip over. As he tried to stop it from falling, the hot rubber contacted his skin, causing a third degree burn to his right forearm between the wrist and elbow.

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