Incident date: 2019-05-01
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was mopping hot tar on a roof when his foot stuck to the roof. As he tried to move he fell and his arms landed in the mop bucket which contained hot tar. The employee sustained burns to the left arm and right hand requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Roof surfaces other than roof edge
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate