Incident date: 2023-07-14
NAICS industry code: 324122

An employee was loading asphalt from a storage tank into a tanker truck from an above ground asphalt loading rack. After removing the loading spout from the tanker and placing a bucket drip pan under it, the employee stepped onto the crows nest of the truck to close the loading hatch. Residual asphalt (approximately 370 degrees F) in the loading line spilled out of the spout, into the bucket, and splashed down onto the employee below. The employee sustained second-degree burns to the back of his head, neck, ears, and side of his face near the jawline. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate