# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at THE BLAIN COMPANIES
> OSHA SIR `20171111335` · 11/29/2017 · BYRAM, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** THE BLAIN COMPANIES
- **Location:** 7000 Hwy 55, BYRAM, MISSISSIPPI, 39272
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a broken pipe connected to an asphalt cement truck when the pipe leaked. Hot asphalt then contacted and burned the employee's right arm and right ear.

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