# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at NORTHEAST ASPHALT INC
> OSHA SIR `20191011145` · 10/25/2019 · POUND, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** NORTHEAST ASPHALT INC
- **Location:** W7980 State Hwy 64, POUND, WISCONSIN, 54161
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lighting a pilot light on an asphalt heater when a flame came out through the pilot light access point, causing second degree burns over his face, left arm, and right hand. He was hospitalized.

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