Incident date: 2025-02-15
NAICS industry code: 484122

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Hot or molten materials  n.e.c..
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate