# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at El Sol Contracting & Construction Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20241211170` · 12/3/2024 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Roadway collision with other vehicle(s)  unspecified
- **Source:** Dump trucks
- **Secondary source:** Roadway vehicle  motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** El Sol Contracting & Construction Corp.
- **Location:** George Washington Bridge, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10032
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling gaps in new asphalt on a bridge when a vehicle entered the closed lane and struck the rear passenger side of the dump truck that the employee was standing on. This caused the employee to be splashed with hot AC-20 asphalt, resulting in burns to his hands, face, and right eye. He also fell approximately 4 feet from the back of the truck to the ground.

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