Incident date: 2020-02-05
NAICS industry code: 324121

Employees were using steam to soften and unclog an asphalt blow line. The asphalt released under pressure and burned two employees' arms and hands. They were hospitalized.

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) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: low