# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Heritage Asphalt, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021565` · 2/20/2024 · CICERO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Asphalt, tar  unmolded
- **Secondary source:** Machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Heritage Asphalt, LLC
- **Location:** 4950 West 41st Street, CICERO, ILLINOIS, 60804
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 20, 2024, an employee was preparing a line entry port for pipe cleaning and were sprayed by asphalt when the flange opened. The employee sustained burns to their hands, back, and neck.

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