Incident date: 2022-04-03
NAICS industry code: 335991

An employee was troubleshooting a malfunctioning thermocouple. A pitch tank began to leak, and the employee suffered burns to the wrist and neck from the liquid pitch, as well as burns to the lungs from inhaling the liquid pitch steam.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate