Incident date: 2019-08-09
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was filling a tanker with hot asphalt when the asphalt blew back and struck his face under his face shield. He suffered burns to his face and upper body.

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, unspecified
severity: moderate