# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Good Hope Contracting Co, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099426` · 9/10/2019 · ATTALLA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** Good Hope Contracting Co, Inc.
- **Location:** 9091 U.S. Highway 11 North, ATTALLA, ALABAMA, 35954
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A truck driver along with another employee had just finished draining a tanker. They were unhooking the hose from the tanker when hot liquid asphalt struck the driver's arm causing severe burns. The driver was hospitalized.

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