# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Warrior Asphalt Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020021186` · 2/5/2020 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and 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:** Warrior Asphalt Inc
- **Location:** 3100 Warrior Road, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35404
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using steam to soften and unclog an asphalt blow line. The asphalt released under pressure and burned two employees' arms and hands. They were hospitalized.

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