# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Knife River
> OSHA SIR `2020109703` · 10/12/2020 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Knife River
- **Location:** 3423 Marlin HWY Frontage Rd., WACO, TEXAS, 76705
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A team member was unhooking the asphalt oil supply line from a tanker truck when hot asphalt oil sprayed onto his hands and arms causing burns that required hospitalization.

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