Incident date: 2018-07-30
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was shoveling hot asphalt mix inside the box of a truck. The back vertical gate opened partially and the employee fell through, coming into contact with the hot material. The employee suffered severe burns to the stomach, palms, and wrists (requiring skin grafts), as well as possible nerve damage to the right forearm.

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