# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Martin Transport, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211400` · 12/6/2016 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## 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:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin Transport, Inc.
- **Location:** 2555 Savanna Avenue, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77640
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on top of a mobile tank trailer, removing the loading arm apparatus that was used to load the trailer with molten sulfur. The bucket he used to dispense the sulfur then began to fall into the open hatch of the trailer. When he tried to catch it, his hand became submerged in the top surface of the molten sulfur, suffering second degree burns.

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