# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Central States Roofing & Insulating Co.
> OSHA SIR `2021021659` · 2/23/2021 · LIMON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** Central States Roofing & Insulating Co.
- **Location:** 49030 Colorado Highway 71 South (Limon Correctional Facility), LIMON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, COLORADO, 80826
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 23, 2021, an employee was placing an asphalt keg into a kettle. The keg slipped and hot asphalt splashed out of the kettle and onto the employee's face. The employee suffered facial burns and was hospitalized, requiring surgery to remove the asphalt.

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