Incident date: 2020-12-28
NAICS industry code: 424710

An employee was removing a hose from a truck. Pressure in the hose caused asphalt to blow back on the employee, who suffered second-degree burns to the left hand and chemical burns to the face and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate