Incident date: 2019-12-19
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was holding an asphalt wand to spray liquid asphalt when the wand's hose burst, spraying hot asphalt onto the employee. The employee suffered burns to the face, ear, and hand.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate