Incident date: 2019-03-12
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was preparing to load asphalt into a truck. The employee was about to line up the hose into the opening of the truck when the asphalt in the tanker flashed causing second degree burns to the employee's face and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate