# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Duncan Construction Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20181010156` · 10/2/2018 · SAINT PETERSBURG, 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:** Duncan Construction Corp.
- **Location:** 49th Ave, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33713
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder, holding a bucket of hot asphalt. He lost his balance and fell to the ground; the asphalt splashed onto him, burning his face, arms and legs. He was hospitalized.

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