Incident date: 2019-09-28
NAICS industry code: 237310

After using a hose to transfer asphalt from a distributor to a holding tank, an employee was removing the hose when the asphalt splashed him, burning his face, neck, arms, chest, and stomach. He was hospitalized.

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