Incident date: 2023-06-01
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was observing the drum area of a plant. They bumped the drum to make it spin. A pipe cracked and released liquid asphalt, causing the employee to sustain a second-degree burn to the right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate