# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Central States Roofing
> OSHA SIR `2019032638` · 3/12/2019 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** Central States Roofing
- **Location:** 645 Widefield Dr, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80911
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was suspending a pour pot above an open kettle of hot tar when the wire broke and the pour pot fell into the kettle, splashing hot tar on the employee. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and neck.

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