# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at National Electrical Carbon Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065022` · 6/7/2023 · EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** National Electrical Carbon Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Mill Creek Rd., EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 18301
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading 140-degree hot tar from a tanker truck. The seal on the pressure relief valve failed and hot tar struck the employee's face, resulting in burns.

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