# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at BITUMAR (GEORGIA), INC.
> OSHA SIR `20201211311` · 12/2/2020 · DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** BITUMAR (GEORGIA), INC.
- **Location:** 7982 Huey Rd., DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, 30134
- **NAICS:** 324122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While assisting a coworker, an employee was cracking a suction line to determine if hot asphalt was unloading from a truck when they were sprayed with the 460 degree hot asphalt. The employee sustained second degree burns to the left side of their nose, cheek, ear lobe, chin, and part of their neck.

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