# Thermal burns  second degree at US Polyco Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098347` · 9/9/2024 · ENNIS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Asphalt, tar  unmolded
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** US Polyco Inc.
- **Location:** 3901 S. I-45, ENNIS, TEXAS, 75119
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loosening a plug in the truck loading line using a torch when hot asphalt (370 degrees Fahrenheit) sprayed out of the line horizontally and caused second-degree burns to their scalp, neck, and hands.

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