# Fractures and burns at HG Meigs Asphalt Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022098550` · 9/27/2022 · SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** HG Meigs Asphalt Co.
- **Location:** 3979 Lakeland Road, SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53080
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading asphalt from a truck to a tank. As the system was pressurized, hot asphalt struck the employee in the face and chest. The employee suffered burns to the face and chest, as well as a broken sternum and ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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