# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Asphalt Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025087898` · 8/11/2025 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Asphalt, tar  unmolded
- **Secondary source:** Hoses  except machine
## Employer
- **Name:** Asphalt Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 1380 N. McDonough Street, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36104
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were offloading liquid asphalt from a tank truck using a hose. The hose came apart and hot asphalt was blown onto two employees. One of them suffered second- and third-degree burns on the hands, stomach, and thighs.

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