# Thermal burns  second degree at Martin Transport Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021510` · 2/15/2025 · THREE RIVERS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Hot or molten materials  n.e.c..
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin Transport Inc.
- **Location:** 100 W Le Roy St, THREE RIVERS, TEXAS, 78071
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While preparing to load molten sulfur, a truck driver was donning a fall protection harness when the sulfur pump activated. Molten sulfur (approximately 270  F) flowed from the loading arm, struck the closed dome lid of the cargo trailer, splashed, and contacted the driver. The driver was hospitalized with second-degree burns to his scalp and arm.

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