# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Dunn Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044036` · 4/19/2019 · SAGINAW, ALABAMA
## 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:** Dunn Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Longview Asphalt Plant, SAGINAW, ALABAMA, 35137
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking by a pipe that was placed on a stand to be unclogged of liquid asphalt. The heated asphalt bubbled out of the pipe and onto the employee as he walked by, burning his arms and legs.

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