Incident date: 2025-04-21
NAICS industry code: 237110

On April 21, 2025, at around 6:15 PM, an employee was working on a dual-tank asphalt distributor truck with reports of a clogged A/C line. When the return plug was removed, hot liquid asphalt projected out of the drain hole and onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with burns to parts of his face, neck, and both arms.

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