# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Sechrist-Hall Company
> OSHA SIR `2024042939` · 4/3/2024 · MCALLEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** Asphalt, tar  unmolded
## Employer
- **Name:** Sechrist-Hall Company
- **Location:** 1400 N Commerce St., MCALLEN, TEXAS, 78501
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on a third-floor roof with a bucket of hot roofing asphalt in each hand when he tripped and fell, landing on the asphalt. This resulted in burns to his face, buttocks, left foot, and right arm between the wrist and shoulder.

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