Incident date: 2025-08-11
NAICS industry code: 237310

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Asphalt, tar  unmolded
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate