# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Pittman Construction Company Job #1585
> OSHA SIR `20181112223` · 11/29/2018 · NICHOLSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** Pittman Construction Company Job #1585
- **Location:** US Hwy 441 & SR 335, NICHOLSON, GEORGIA, 30565
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing the asphalt sprayer bars on the back of a distributor truck when asphalt sprayed and burned his hands and forearm.

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