Incident date: 2024-08-31
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was working on the sidewalk and roadway applying paint strips on the ground with thermoplastic striping paint, which was heated during application. The employee had dug a small hole to bury excess paint, and his foot went into the hole. He was hospitalized with second-degree burns to his right foot and lower right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate