# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at E.R. SNELL CONTRACTOR, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023054488` · 5/19/2023 · GROVETOWN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
## Employer
- **Name:** E.R. SNELL CONTRACTOR, INC.
- **Location:** 5601 Columbia Road, GROVETOWN, GEORGIA, 30813
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the valve for the liquid asphalt hauler to make a delivery. The valve was opened from the storage tank that gravity fed the hanging hose for loading trucks. Liquid asphalt sprayed into the air, burning the employee on the left forearm, face, and ear.

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