# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Vulcan Materials Company Helotes Yard & Ready-Mix
> OSHA SIR `2023064831` · 6/1/2023 · HELOTES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vulcan Materials Company Helotes Yard & Ready-Mix
- **Location:** 11602 Rainbow Ridge, HELOTES, TEXAS, 78023
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing the drum area of a plant. They bumped the drum to make it spin. A pipe cracked and released liquid asphalt, causing the employee to sustain a second-degree burn to the right arm.

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