Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Dunn Construction Company, Inc.
Start: 4/19/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019044036 · 4/19/2019 · Dunn Construction Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper and lower limb(s)
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement

Employer

Name: Dunn Construction Company, Inc.
Location: Longview Asphalt Plant, SAGINAW, ALABAMA, 35137
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking by a pipe that was placed on a stand to be unclogged of liquid asphalt. The heated asphalt bubbled out of the pipe and onto the employee as he walked by, burning his arms and legs.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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