Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BITUMAR (GEORGIA), INC., 7982 Huey Rd., DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA 30134
on , Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the head and neck.
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Final narrative
While assisting a coworker, an employee was cracking a suction line to determine if hot asphalt was unloading from a truck when they were sprayed with the 460 degree hot asphalt. The employee sustained second degree burns to the left side of their nose, cheek, ear lobe, chin, and part of their neck.
HospitalizedHead and neckPaving asphalt, asphaltic cement