# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Mobile Asphalt Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171111136` · 11/20/2017 · THEODORE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
## Employer
- **Name:** Mobile Asphalt Company, LLC
- **Location:** 3151 Hamilton Blvd., THEODORE, ALABAMA, 36582
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing an asphalt paver machine when the machine's radiator cap came off. Hot water then splashed and burned his right forearm and hand.

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