# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Robinson Paving
> OSHA SIR `2018065592` · 6/7/2018 · TALBOTTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** Robinson Paving
- **Location:** 1533 Woodland Highway, TALBOTTON, GEORGIA, 31827
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pumping liquid asphalt from a storage tower to a distribution truck when the employee was sprayed with the hot asphalt resulting in burns to the right thumb and index fingers and the left foot. The valve was not shut down at the time.

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