Incident date: 2024-05-01
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was using diesel fuel in the asphalt mixing drum to encourage stuck asphalt to move. The diesel vaporized when it touched the hot drum surface and the diesel vapor caused first- and second-degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Petroleum-based fuels
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate