# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Posillico El Sol Joint Venture
> OSHA SIR `2022119842` · 11/9/2022 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Rollers, compactors-construction
- **Secondary source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
## Employer
- **Name:** Posillico El Sol Joint Venture
- **Location:** Rockaway Blvd & Van Wyck Expressway Service Road, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11420
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was performing temporary asphalt placement when the walk-behind pavement roller they were using ran out of gasoline. The injured employee went to refuel it with gasoline when a fire occurred, causing the employee to sustain burns to the head, neck and chest, and hand.

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