# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Asphalt and Fuel Transport, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201212027` · 12/28/2020 · PRYOR, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** Asphalt and Fuel Transport, LLC
- **Location:** Aptus Manufacturing, PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, 74361
- **NAICS:** 424710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a hose from a truck. Pressure in the hose caused asphalt to blow back on the employee, who suffered second-degree burns to the left hand and chemical burns to the face and neck.

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