Incident date: 2016-05-23
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was pouring hot tar from a tote bucket to a mop cart when the person mopping went to dip the mop. The hot tar then splashed up and inside of the employee's glove, burning his right forefinger, thumb, and hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Roofing asphalt, roofing tar
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate