Incident date: 2023-06-07
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was offloading 140-degree hot tar from a tanker truck. The seal on the pressure relief valve failed and hot tar struck the employee's face, resulting in burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate