# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Allen Keller Company
> OSHA SIR `2019043398` · 4/2/2019 · JUNCTION, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Small-scale (limited) fire
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** Allen Keller Company
- **Location:** 110 Low Lonesome Rd, JUNCTION, TEXAS, 76849
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an infrared gun to check the temperature of hot mix that was being loaded into an elevator to feed a silo. The flames rose, burning his face and neck.

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