Incident date: 2016-02-25
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was trying to unclog an asphalt distribution (spreading) machine. When he opened up a porthole, the pressurized pump caused hot liquid asphalt to shoot out and burn the palm of his right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate