# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Kimrad Transport, LP
> OSHA SIR `2015042286` · 4/23/2015 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Whole body
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Kimrad Transport, LP
- **Location:** 3333 Midway St., SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71109
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating an asphalt tank truck was attempting to open the hatch on the trailer to unload the asphalt. The hatch blew open and hot asphalt landed on the employee's body. The employee fell off the trailer and was burned by the hot asphalt. The employee suffered second and third degree burns over his entire body.

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