# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Prospect Waterproofing Company
> OSHA SIR `2019088639` · 8/20/2019 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** Prospect Waterproofing Company
- **Location:** 88 Peninsula Ave NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20004
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was laying hot rubberized asphalt material when it splashed and burned the employee's left wrist.

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