# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Flynn BEC LP - Dallas/Fort Worth
> OSHA SIR `2021065114` · 6/23/2021 · MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Flynn BEC LP - Dallas/Fort Worth
- **Location:** T.E. Baxter ES, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mopping hot tar when he tripped backwards over the mop cart. His right arm landed inside the cart, which was half full of asphalt. He suffered second-degree burns to the forearm and hand.

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