Incident date: 2020-07-27
NAICS industry code: 562119

During paving operations, an employee was releasing a hose at the hot plant to clear out the line, when hot oil sprayed out onto the employee. The employee sustained burns to the arms requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate