# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at CENTRAL STATES ROOFING CO.
> OSHA SIR `2019066317` · 6/24/2019 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** CENTRAL STATES ROOFING CO.
- **Location:** 445 Jersey Lane, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80911
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was applying hot asphalt to material layers. As the employee moved toward a parapet wall to cut a roll of felt, the employee slipped and fell forward. The employee's hand then entered the mop cart that contained the hot asphalt, causing third degree burns to the right hand and wrist.

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