# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Atlanta Terminal Company
> OSHA SIR `2019066109` · 6/18/2019 · CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlanta Terminal Company
- **Location:** 706 Manufactures Road, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, 37405
- **NAICS:** 483211
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On June 18, 2019, at approximately 1:30 AM, two employees were blowing out an asphalt hose after loading a barge when the lines pressurized and blew apart, spraying them with hot liquid asphalt. One of the employees was hospitalized with first, second, and third degree burns.

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