Incident date: 2019-06-24
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was applying hot asphalt to material layers. As the employee moved toward a parapet wall to cut a roll of felt, the employee slipped and fell forward. The employee's hand then entered the mop cart that contained the hot asphalt, causing third degree burns to the right hand and wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate