A construction worker was seriously burned by liquid asphalt while working at a home in the Tucson Mountains Friday afternoon, officials said.
The 30-year-old worker was part of a roofing crew at a site near West Ironwood Hill and North Summit drives about 2:30 p.m. when he tried to put out a fire that had started in a bucket of the liquid asphalt.
A cover he put over the bucket broke and the worker's foot fell into the molten liquid, said Capt. Adam Goldberg of the Northwest Fire District.
The worker received second-degree burns to his right lower leg and right arm from the splash, Goldberg said in a news release.
The lower-leg burns are very concerning as they surround the entire lower ankle area. "We call this a circumferential burn, which can have devastating effects on a limb," Jason Garza, the paramedic who treated the patient, said in the release.
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The worker was taken to University Medical Center.
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