# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Western Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054840` · 5/13/2019 · POCATELLO, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
- **Secondary source:** Clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** I-15 W site, POCATELLO, IDAHO, 83201
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a scraper to clean debris from an asphalt paver when his safety vest became caught on the paver and he was pulled in toward the auger. He was hospitalized with second and third degree burns from the mid-torso to the armpit. The paver was running at the time of the incident.

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