# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Michael Kevin Walsh Roofing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054418` · 5/17/2023 · HOBE SOUND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
## Employer
- **Name:** Michael Kevin Walsh Roofing Inc.
- **Location:** 6894 SE Morning Dove Way, HOBE SOUND, FLORIDA, 33455
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A roofing employee was installing tile underlayment using a hot asphalt application. The employee slipped and grabbed a bucket of hot tar to gain balance. The hot tar then spilled on the employee, and he fell from a one-story roof onto the bushes below. The employee sustained burns on his arms and back.

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