# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at E.R. SNELL CONTRACTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023087970` · 8/29/2023 · COMMERCE, 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 CONTRACTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 85 North & 441, COMMERCE, GEORGIA, 30529
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waiting inside his truck after spraying liquid asphalt and was building up pressure in the vehicle to spray the next section of roadway. There was a blockage in the spray bar and the seal at the bottom of the truck blew, spraying 300-degree Fahrenheit liquid asphalt onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the chin, forearm, left hand, and abdomen.

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