# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at East Alabama Paving Company, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023054481` · 5/19/2023 · SMITHS STATION, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** East Alabama Paving Company, Inc
- **Location:** 201 CR 379, SMITHS STATION, ALABAMA, 36877
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the bars of his tack truck when hot asphalt cement sprayed on him. He suffered second-degree burns to the neck.

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