Incident date: 2024-09-09
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was loosening a plug in the truck loading line using a torch when hot asphalt (370 degrees Fahrenheit) sprayed out of the line horizontally and caused second-degree burns to their scalp, neck, and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Asphalt, tar  unmolded
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate