# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Vulcan Materials Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021487` · 2/14/2020 · TALLADEGA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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