Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Good Hope Contracting Co, Inc.
Start: 9/10/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099426 · 9/10/2019 · Good Hope Contracting Co, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Good Hope Contracting Co, Inc.
Location: 9091 U.S. Highway 11 North, ATTALLA, ALABAMA, 35954
NAICS: 324121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A truck driver along with another employee had just finished draining a tanker. They were unhooking the hose from the tanker when hot liquid asphalt struck the driver's arm causing severe burns. The driver was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown