Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Vulcan Materials Company, Inc.
Start: 2/14/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020021487 · 2/14/2020 · Vulcan Materials Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Vulcan Materials Company, Inc.
Location: Gertrude St. and West Battle St., TALLADEGA, ALABAMA, 35160
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a skid-steer to clean up debris and dump it into an over-the-road dump truck. The dump truck's bed was partially raised. The employee exited the skid-steer and stood behind the truck. Hot asphalt flowed from the truck bed onto the employee resulting in second and third degree burns to the hands and face. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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