# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at KOSS CONSTRUCTION CO.
> OSHA SIR `2021087325` · 8/26/2021 · OZARK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** KOSS CONSTRUCTION CO.
- **Location:** Ozark Project 478, OZARK, ARKANSAS, 72949
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading liquid asphalt cement from a semi-tanker. He left to retrieve a new gasket for the tanker's hose. The valve was opened while he was gone, and when he returned and removed the hose, 300-degree asphalt cement sprayed out of the connection and struck him. He suffered second-degree burns to his left and right forearm, left thigh, lower stomach, and right shin toward the ankle.

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