Incident date: 2024-05-29
NAICS industry code: 237310

Two employees were removing an asphalt pump basket strainer when hot asphalt released onto their hands. Both employees sustained second degree burns on their hands and were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Asphalt, tar  unmolded
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: low