# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Valero Terminaling & Distribution Company
> OSHA SIR `2019032630` · 3/12/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** Valero Terminaling & Distribution Company
- **Location:** 9704 Clinton Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to load asphalt into a truck. The employee was about to line up the hose into the opening of the truck when the asphalt in the tanker flashed causing second degree burns to the employee's face and arms.

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