# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Carroll & Carroll, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021720` · 2/25/2016 · SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
- **Secondary source:** Asphalt and concrete spreaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Carroll & Carroll, Inc.
- **Location:** Hwy. 204 and King George, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31416
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unclog an asphalt distribution (spreading) machine. When he opened up a porthole, the pressurized pump caused hot liquid asphalt to shoot out and burn the palm of his right hand.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*