# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Vargas Commercial Business, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043396` · 4/17/2023 · HASLET, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
- **Secondary source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** Vargas Commercial Business, LLC
- **Location:** 14117 Borealis Dr., HASLET, TEXAS, 76052
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling asphalt buckets. When he went to pick them up, they were stuck together and hot asphalt spilled onto his arms, burning them.

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